Structural limits to sustainable development: Managers and progressive agency

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 127-152

  Springett, Delyse V ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actor agency; Corporate interview; Counter hegemony; Deliberative democracy; Eco efficiency; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447250368     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2005.008084     Document Type: Article

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