Democracy, Localism, and the Future of the Climate Movement

World Futures

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 65-75

  Tokar, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate crisis; climate diplomacy; climate justice; climate movement; local climate measures; social ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959515101     PISSN: 02604027     EISSN: 15561844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2015.1092785     Document Type: Article

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