Bringing environmentalism home: Children's influence on family consumption in the nordic countries and beyond

Childhood

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-147

  Larsson, Bengt ^a   Andersson, Magnus ^b   Osbeck, Christina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Environmental education; Governmentality; Intergenerational influence; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649246333     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568209351554     Document Type: Article

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