Greening the mainstream: Party politics and the environment

Environmental Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-94

  Carter, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

environmental politics; Green party; party competition; party family; party politics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PARTY POLITICS;

EID: 84874151045     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.755391     Document Type: Article

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