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6 - Time and Politics in the Anthropocene: Too Fast, Too Slow?

from Part II - Key Concepts and the Anthropocene: A Reconsideration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2019

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Victor Galaz
Edited by
Frank Biermann  and
Eva Lövbrand
Frank Biermann
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Eva Lövbrand
Affiliation:
Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
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Anthropocene Encounters: New Directions in Green Political Thinking , pp. 109 - 127
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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