The radicalisation of rural resistance: How hunting counterpublics inthe Nordic countries contribute to illegal hunting

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 199-209

  Von Essen, Erica ^a   Hansen, Hans Peter ^a   Nordström Källström, Helena ^a   Peterson, M Nils ^b   Peterson, Tarla R ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Illegal hunting; Poaching; Radicalisation; Recognition; Rural resistance; Subculture

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; NATURE CONSERVATION; POACHING; RURAL SOCIETY;

FINLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 84937808704     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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