State Regulation and Environmental Justice: The Need for Strategy Reassessment

Capitalism, Nature, Socialism

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 12-31

  Pulido, Laura ^a   Kohl, Ellen ^b   Cotton, Nicole Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STATE ROLE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961204953     PISSN: 10455752     EISSN: 15483290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10455752.2016.1146782     Document Type: Article

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