Ecological modernization as a social theory of environmental reform

The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 63-76

  Mol, Arthur P J ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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