Ecological modernisation theory: Towards a critical ecopolitics of change?

Environmental Politics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 538-556

  Warner, Rosalind ^a  

^a OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical political ecology; Ecological modernisation theory; Nature

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77955393205     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2010.489710     Document Type: Article

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