Shame campaigns and environmental justice: corporate shaming as activist strategy

Environmental Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 263-281

  Bloomfield, Michael John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

direct targeting; environmental activism; finance; jewellery; mining

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FINANCE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MINING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84896707252     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.821824     Document Type: Article

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