Questioning the virtues of pro-environmental behaviour research: Towards a phronetic approach

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-324

  Hargreaves, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; Governmentality; Phronesis; Power; Practice; Pro environmental behaviour

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84856970809     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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