Governing sustainability: A discourse-institutional approach

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 283-305

  Genus, Audley ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Institutional theory; Sustainable communities; Transition to sustainability

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84894047281     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6010283     Document Type: Article

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