Conservation's friends in high places: Neoliberalism, networks, and the transnational conservation elite

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Holmes, George ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECADAL VARIATION; ELITE POLITICS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

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EID: 80054712986     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00081     Document Type: Article

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