The greening of white separatism: Use of environmental themes to elaborate and legitimize extremist discourse

Nature and Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-166

  Mix, Tamara L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discursive frames; Environmentalism; Right wing movements; Social movement claims; White separatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044981630     PISSN: 15586073     EISSN: 15585468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2009.040203     Document Type: Article

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