US agri-environmental policy: Neoliberalization of nature meets old public management

The Neoliberal Regime in the Agri-Food Sector: Crisis, Resilience, and Restructuring

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 191-206

  Wolf, Steven A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905988169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203583111     Document Type: Chapter

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