" We Don't Take the Pledge": Environmentality and environmental skepticism at the epicenter of US wind energy development

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 851-863

  Jepson, Wendy ^a   Brannstrom, Christian ^a   Persons, Nicole ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental skepticism; Environmentality; Reflexivity; Texas; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INDIVIDUALISM; INNOVATION; LOCAL ECONOMY; MODERNIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

NOLAN COUNTY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863999992     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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