Efficient global warming: Contradictions in liberal democratic responses to global environmental problems

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 493-500

  Byrne, John ^a,b   Yun, Sun Jin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Jt Inst Sustainable Ener E   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change; Democratic theory; Environmental politics; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 9644255944     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027046769901900605     Document Type: Article

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