The democratic legitimacy of orchestration: the UNFCCC, non-state actors, and transnational climate governance

Environmental Politics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 764-788

  Bäckstrand, Karin ^a   Kuyper, Jonathan W ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Democratic legitimacy; non state actors; orchestration; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

LACUNA;

EID: 85019015976     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2017.1323579     Document Type: Article

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