On the trail of living modified organisms: Environmentalism within and against neoliberal order

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 712-745

  Pearson, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Biosafety; Civil society; Costa Rica; Environmentalism; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049085016     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2009.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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