Anthropocenic ecoauthority: The winds of Oaxaca;Ecoautoridad Antropocenica: Los Vientos de Oaxaca

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 381-404

  Howe, Cymene ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecoauthority; Ethics; Mexico; Renewable energy; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901477507     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: 15341518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2014.0029     Document Type: Article

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