'State, Science and the Skies: Governmentalities of the British atmosphere', by Mark Whitehead (2009): A critical review

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1057-1064

  Coe, Neil M ^a   Cochrane, Allan ^b   Randalls, Samuel ^c   Thornes, John ^d   Adey, Peter ^e   Whitehead, Mark ^f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atmosphere; Critical review; Governmentality; Sociology of scientific knowledge; UK

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867076719     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.07.003     Document Type: Review

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