Building bridges to the future: Mapping the territory for developing social and environmental accountability

Social and Environmental Accountability Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-24

  Parker, Lee D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84871688435     PISSN: 0969160X     EISSN: 21562245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969160X.2011.556389     Document Type: Article

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