Water crises: Political construction or physical reality?

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-214

  Trottier, Julie ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical political ecology; environmental narrative; hybrid object; science and technology studies; water politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055361600     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569770802176929     Document Type: Article

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