Can Climate Activists’ ‘Movement Below’ Transcend Negotiators’ ‘Paralysis Above’?

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  • Patrick Bond University of KwaZulu-Natal,DURBAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2015.578

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Published

2015-08-31

How to Cite

Bond, P. (2015). Can Climate Activists’ ‘Movement Below’ Transcend Negotiators’ ‘Paralysis Above’?. Journal of World-Systems Research, 21(2), 250–269. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2015.578

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Symposium: The Climate Crisis & Anti-Systemic Movements