Social constructionism and the environment: Through the quagmire

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-251

  Jones, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0036891790     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(02)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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