Nature, Action and the Future
- ISBN-10
- 110719928X
- ISBN-13
- 9781107199286
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 247
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-01-31
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Sophie Smith, Katrina Forrester
Description
Leading scholars of political thought demonstrate how the history of political ideas makes sense of environmental politics and climate change.
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