Beyond environmental and ecological economics: Proposal for an economic sociology of the environment

Ecological Economics

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 240-253

  Gendron, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological economics; Ecological modernisation; Economic sociology of the environment; Environmental economics; Environmental policy; Regulation theory; Social movement theory

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MODERNIZATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 84903952724     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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