Tensions and dilemmas of ecotopianism

Environmental Values

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-312

  Pepper, David ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecotopia; Postmodernity; Scale; Social change; Utopianism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; MODERNITY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 34548308941     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327107X228364     Document Type: Article

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