State environmental protection efforts, women's status, and world polity: A cross-national analysis

Organization and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-229

  Nugent, Colleen ^a   Shandra, John M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Ecofeminism; Protected land area; State environmental protection; Women's status; World polity

Indexed keywords

ECOFEMINISM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROTECTED AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 70349164354     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026609338166     Document Type: Article

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