New environmentalism and Transition Pittsburgh

Environmental Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 723-741

  Staggenborg, Suzanne ^a   Ogrodnik, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; grass roots organizing; new environmentalism; Transition movement

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTALISM; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937253130     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2015.1027059     Document Type: Article

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