Cross-cultural training in Southern Africa: A call for psychoecological pluralism

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-277

  Levers, Lisa Lopez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological; Ethics; Indigenous; Lesotho; Pluralism; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031138992     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0147-1767(96)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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