Framing 'Green Jobs' discourse: Analysis of popular usage

Sustainable Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 217-230

  Kouri, Rosa ^a   Clarke, Amelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Frames; Green jobs; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84906942918     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.1526     Document Type: Article

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