The politics of the financialization of sustainability

Competition and Change

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-247

  Hiss, Stefanie ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accounting; Calculative practices; Financialization; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883130426     PISSN: 10245294     EISSN: 14772221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1024529413Z.00000000035     Document Type: Article

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