A suitable climate for political action?: A sympathetic review of the politics of transition

Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism: A Chance to Reclaim Self, Society and Nature

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 99-113

  North, Peter ^a   Cato, Molly Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921556477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203146118     Document Type: Chapter

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