Cold monsters and ecological leviathans: Reflections on the relationships between states and the environment

Geography Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 414-432

  Whitehead, Mark ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67949104232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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