Democracy, democratization and climate change: Complex relationships

Democratization

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 813-842

  Burnell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate governance; Interdependence; International democracy support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868262653     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2012.709684     Document Type: Article

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