Wind-power development in Germany and the United States: Structural factors, multiple-stream convergence, and turning points

State and Environment: The Comparative Study of Environmental Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 111-146

  Karapin, Roger ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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