Crisis and continuity of capitalist society-nature relationships: The imperial mode of living and the limits to environmental governance

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 687-711

  Brand, Ulrich ^a   Wissen, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

critical state theory; environmental politics; green economy; hegemony; imperial mode of living; regulation school; Society nature relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881657677     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2012.691077     Document Type: Article

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