Good Living for Whom? Bolivia's Climate Justice Movement and the Limitations of Indigenous Cosmovisions

Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-178

  Fabricant, Nicole ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ayllus; Climate change; indigeneity; resources; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880956606     PISSN: 17442222     EISSN: 17442230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17442222.2013.805618     Document Type: Article

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