More than Markets: A Comparative Study of Nine Conservative Parties on Climate Change

Politics and Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 538-561

  Båtstrand, Sondre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Coal; Comparative Policy; Conservative Ideology; Conservative Parties; Cross National Studies; Environmental Policy; Fossil Fuels; Market Economy; Neoliberalism; Party Manifestoes; Party Politics; Petroleum; Pro Business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939211734     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/polp.12122     Document Type: Article

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