‘King Coal is Dead! Long Live the King!’: The Paradoxes of Coal's Resurgence in the Emergence of Global Low-Carbon Societies

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 59-81

  Tyfield, David ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; coal; energy; liberalism; low carbon transition; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907073254     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276414537910     Document Type: Article

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