The Nation Ex-Situ: On climate change, deterritorialized nationhood and the post-climate era

Climate Law

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-374

  Burkett, Maxine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84870016883     PISSN: 18786553     EISSN: 18786561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/cl-2011-040     Document Type: Article

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