An alternative socio-ecological strategy? International trade unions' engagement with climate change

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 372-398

  Felli, Romain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; environmental politics; international labour studies; international political economy; strategy; trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897608873     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2012.761642     Document Type: Article

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