Dancing life into being: Genetics, resilience and the challenge of complexity theory

Security Dialogue

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 531-547

  Rosenow, Doerthe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complexity theory; genetically modified organisms; governmentality; resilience; resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870733853     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010612463952     Document Type: Article

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