Governing disaster: The political life of the environment during the BP oil spill

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 694-715

  Bond, David ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Environment; Oil spills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885695386     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12033     Document Type: Article

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