Economic growth as phenomenon, institution and ideology: A qualitative content analysis of the 21st century growth critique

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 3492-3503

  Haapanen, Liisa ^a   Tapio, Petri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Degrowth; Economic growth; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEGROWTH; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; GDP GROWTH; JACKSON; POLITICAL GOALS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84958213766     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.024     Document Type: Article

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