What is political ecology?;Qu'est-ce que la "political ecology "?

Natures Sciences Societes

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-11

  Benjaminsen, Tor A ^a   Svarstad, Hanne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

critical theory; environment and development; interdisciplinarity; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649534618     PISSN: 12401307     EISSN: 17652979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/nss/2009002     Document Type: Article

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