The sky is the limit:1 Global warming as global governmentality

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-91

  Methmann, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clean Development Mechanism; climate change; depoliticization; governmentality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875308223     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066111415300     Document Type: Article

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