Animal rights vs. cultural rights: Exploring the dog meat debate in South Korea from a world polity perspective

Journal of Intercultural Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-56

  Oh, Minjoo ^a   Jackson, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal rights; Cultural rights; Decoupling; Dog meat; Globalisation; Isomorphism; South korea; World polity perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751630873     PISSN: 07256868     EISSN: 14699540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2010.491272     Document Type: Article

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