Partnerships and the privatisation of environmental governance: On myths, forces of nature and other inevitabilities

Environmental Values

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 475-498

  Mert, Ayşem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporations; Discourses of privatisation; Global environmental governance; Globalisation; International relations; Partnerships for sustainable development; UNEP

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PRIVATIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM;

EID: 84866760328     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: 17527015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327112X13466893628148     Document Type: Article

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