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Realizing the Beckian vision: cosmopolitan cosmopolitanism and low-carbon China as political education

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Realizing the Beckian vision: cosmopolitan cosmopolitanism and low-carbon China as political education. / Tyfield, David Peter.
In: Theory, Culture and Society, Vol. 33, No. 7-8, 01.12.2016, p. 301-309.

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Tyfield, DP 2016, 'Realizing the Beckian vision: cosmopolitan cosmopolitanism and low-carbon China as political education', Theory, Culture and Society, vol. 33, no. 7-8, pp. 301-309. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276416669413

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Tyfield, D. P. (2016). Realizing the Beckian vision: cosmopolitan cosmopolitanism and low-carbon China as political education. Theory, Culture and Society, 33(7-8), 301-309. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276416669413

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Tyfield DP. Realizing the Beckian vision: cosmopolitan cosmopolitanism and low-carbon China as political education. Theory, Culture and Society. 2016 Dec 1;33(7-8):301-309. Epub 2016 Oct 20. doi: 10.1177/0263276416669413

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Tyfield, David Peter. / Realizing the Beckian vision : cosmopolitan cosmopolitanism and low-carbon China as political education. In: Theory, Culture and Society. 2016 ; Vol. 33, No. 7-8. pp. 301-309.

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