Geographies of identity: Climate change, governmentality and activism

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 488-495

  Dowling, Robyn ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Consumer; Food activism; Governmentality; Identity; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; NEOLIBERALISM;

EID: 77955066033     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132509348427     Document Type: Article

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