Climate change as a global test for contemporary political institutions and theories

Climate Change, Ethics and Human Security

Volumn 9780521197663, Issue , 2010, Pages 131-154

  Gardiner, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS; INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM; POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS; POLITICAL PROBLEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84887459576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511762475.010     Document Type: Chapter

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