Ecological modernization and the US Farm Bill: The case of the Conservation Security Program

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Lenihan, Martin H ^a   Brasier, Kathryn J ^b  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agri environmentalism; Ecological modernization; Environmentality; Green neoliberalism; Post productivist transition

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955659810     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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