The financial crisis and environmental governance 'after' neoliberalism

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-195

  Mccarthy, James ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Environmental governance; Neoliberalism; Political economy; Regimes; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858643093     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2012.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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