The excess of modernity: Garbage politics in Oaxaca, Mexico

Professional Geographer

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-437

  Moore, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abjection; Environmental justice; Modernization; Urban geography; Waste

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; MODERNITY; MODERNIZATION; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POLITICS; WASTE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA;

EID: 74849086406     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120903143375     Document Type: Article

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