Rendering climate change governable by risk: From probability to contingency

Geoforum

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-29

  Oels, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Foucault; Governmentality; Risk; Securitization; Security

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873996905     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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