Ecological citizenship and democracy: Communitarian versus agonistic perspectives

Environmental Politics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 949-970

  Kenis, Anneleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

climate change; climate justice action; democracy; ecological citizenship; post politics; sustainable consumption; the political; transition towns

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84978081311     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2016.1203524     Document Type: Article

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