Against ecological sovereignty: Agamben, politics and globalisation

Environmental Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-116

  Smith, Mick ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agamben; Biopolitics; Eckersley; Sovereignty; The green state

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL THEORY; SOVEREIGNTY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 61549117099     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644010802624843     Document Type: Article

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