Transnational environmentalism and entanglements of sovereignty: The tiger campaign across the Himalayas

Political Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 408-418

  Yeh, Emily T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Environmentalism; Nationalism; Sovereignty; Tibet; Transnational social movements

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE ROLE; TERRITORIALITY;

CHINA; XIZANG;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 84868376045     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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