Green governmentality and responsibilization: new forms of governance and responses to ‘consumer responsibility’

Environmental Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 913-931

  Soneryd, Linda ^a   Uggla, Ylva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anti consumption; environmental governance; green consumption; green governmentality; responsibilization

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEGEMONY; STATE ROLE;

EID: 84940961652     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2015.1055885     Document Type: Article

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