Neoliberalization and Its Geographic Limits: Comparative Reflections from Forest Peripheries in the Global North

Economic Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-221

  Hayter, Roger ^a   Barnes, Trevor J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest economy; Friction remapping; Geographic limits; Neoliberalism; Stakeholder model

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORESTRY; HYBRIDIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TASMANIA;

ANNA;

EID: 84858437975     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2011.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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