Facing up to the greenhouse challenge? Australian climate politics

Turning Down the Heat: The Politics of Climate Policy in Affluent Democracies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 202-222

  Bailey, Ian ^a   Maresh, Sam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85015936643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230594678     Document Type: Chapter

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