Citizens, consumers and sustainability: (Re)Framing environmental practice in an age of climate change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1224-1233

  Barr, Stewart ^a   Gilg, Andrew ^a   Shaw, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizens; Climate change; Consumers; Environmental practice

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; NEOLIBERALISM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052913015     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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