Climate change, ‘the cancer stage of capitalism’ and the return of limits to growth: Towards a political economy of sustainability

Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism: A Chance to Reclaim Self, Society and Nature

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 129-142

  Barry, John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84869134004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203146118     Document Type: Chapter

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