Who teaches and who learns? Policy learning through the C40 cities climate network

Policy Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-220

  Lee, Taedong ^a   van de Meene, Susan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate change; Exponential random graph model; Multi stakeholder governing body; Policy learning; Social network analysis; Transnational network

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEARNING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL NETWORK; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84865474960     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-012-9159-5     Document Type: Article

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