Degradation discourse and green governmentality in the xilinguole grasslands of inner mongolia

Development and Change

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 308-328

  Kolås, Åshild ^a  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

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EID: 84894572947     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12077     Document Type: Article

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