Moving beyond the impasse: Climate change activism in the US and the EU

Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development: Moving Beyond the Impasse

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 123-144

  Bomberg, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881768844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849807579.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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