Solving the ecological problems of capitalism: Capitalist and socialist possibilities

Organization and Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-73

  Jones, Andrew W ^a  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Consumption; Dialectics; Ecology; Growth; Socialism; Technology

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIALISM; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

CUBA; USSR;

EID: 79956128443     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026611402010     Document Type: Article

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