'Let them build sea walls': Ecological crisis, economic crisis and the political economic opportunity structure

Critical Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 447-463

  Clement, Matthew Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Economic crisis; Environmental sociology; Global warming; Political economic opportunity structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960285788     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920510379439     Document Type: Article

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