Can democracy solve the sustainability crisis? Green politics, grassroots participation and the failure of the sustainability paradigm

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 133-141

  Peters, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 85031943997     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2017.1388657     Document Type: Editorial

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