An exploration of the "reflex" in reflexive modernity: The rational and prerational social causes of the affinity for ecological consciousness

Organization and Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 357-400

  Christopher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; MODERNITY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033432860     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026699124001     Document Type: Article

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