Policy innovation in a changing climate: Sources, patterns and effects

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 387-394

  Jordan, Andrew ^a   Huitema, Dave ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Faculty of Management Science and Technology Open University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Policy diffusion; Policy evaluation; Policy invention

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; STATE ROLE;

EID: 84898491276     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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