Political Economy, Ecological Modernization, and Energy Use: A Panel Analysis of State-Level Energy Use in the United States, 1960-1990

Sociological Forum

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 581-600

  Clement, Matthew Thomas ^a   Schultz, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological modernization; Energy crisis; Energy use; Greenhouse gas; Political economy; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961200459     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2011.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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