The politics of climate activism in the UK: A social movement analysis

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1581-1598

  North, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL THEORY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960874063     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43534     Document Type: Article

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