From burgers to biodiversity? The McDonaldization of on-farm nature conservation in the UK

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-218

  Morris, Carol ^a   Reed, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; McDonaldization; Nature conservation; Rationalization; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247560339     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-006-9048-7     Document Type: Article

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