Passive revolution in the green economy: activism and the Belo Monte dam

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-77

  Bratman, Eve ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belo Monte; Civil society; Green economy; Hegemony; Hydroelectric energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925494372     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-014-9268-z     Document Type: Article

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