Interrogating the treadmill of production: Everything you wanted to know about the treadmill but were afraid to ask

Organization and Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 296-316

  Gould, Kenneth A ^a   Pellow, David N ^b   Schnaiberg, Allan ^c  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Ecological modernization; Environmental sociology; Production; Social movements

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC THEORY; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION;

EID: 4344613617     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026604268747     Document Type: Article

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