The transnational organization of production and uneven environmental degradation and change in the world economy

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 215-236

  Rice, James ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological unequal exchange; Global environmental change; Sustainable development; Treadmill of production; World system analysis

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT; WORLD SYSTEM;

EID: 66349129094     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715209105140     Document Type: Article

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