Externalities: why environmental sociology should bring them in

Environmental Sociology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 375-384

  Fairbrother, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collective action; ecological modernization; environmental externalities; environmental policy; treadmill of production

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018454322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23251042.2016.1196636     Document Type: Article

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