Authoritarian environmentalism undermined? local leaders' time horizons and environmental policy implementation in China

China Quarterly

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 359-380

  Eaton, Sarah ^a   Kostka, Genia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

authoritarian environmentalism; cadre rotation; China; environmental policy implementation; leadership; time horizons

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; LEADERSHIP; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84911383056     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741014000356     Document Type: Article

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