Neoliberal capitalism and conservation in the post-crisis era: The dialectics of "Green" and "Un-green" Grabbing in Greece and the UK

Antipode

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-35

  Apostolopoulou, Evangelia ^a   Adams, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deregulation; Economic crisis; Green grabbing; Neoliberal conservation; Neoliberalization of nature; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920554460     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12102     Document Type: Article

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