Security in Climate Change Discourse: Analyzing the Divergence between US and EU Approaches to Policy

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 82-101

  Hayes, Jarrod ^a   Knox Hayes, Janelle ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEADERSHIP; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SECURITY THREAT;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900844716     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00230     Document Type: Article

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