Silence and Catastrophe: New Reasons Why Politics Matters in the Early Years of the Twenty-first Century

Political Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 660-668

  Keane, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti politics; Catastrophe; Complexity; Crisis; Megaprojects; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868702958     PISSN: 00323179     EISSN: 1467923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2012.02413.x     Document Type: Article

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