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Book Title: Security, The Environment And Emancipation: Contestation Ove...
Number of Pages: 230 Pages
Publication Name: Security, the Environment and Emancipation : Contestation over Environmental Change
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: International Relations / General, Global Warming & Climate Change, Security (National & International), Political Freedom, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Matt McDonald
Series: Prio New Security Studies
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
