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Low-Carbon Transition as Vehicle of New Inequalities?: Risk-Class, the Chinese Middle Class and the Moral Economy of Misrecognition

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Low-Carbon Transition as Vehicle of New Inequalities? Risk-Class, the Chinese Middle Class and the Moral Economy of Misrecognition. / Dean, Curran; Tyfield, David.
In: Theory, Culture and Society, Vol. 37, No. 2, 01.03.2020, p. 131-156.

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Dean, C & Tyfield, D 2020, 'Low-Carbon Transition as Vehicle of New Inequalities? Risk-Class, the Chinese Middle Class and the Moral Economy of Misrecognition', Theory, Culture and Society, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 131-156. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276419869438

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Dean, C., & Tyfield, D. (2020). Low-Carbon Transition as Vehicle of New Inequalities? Risk-Class, the Chinese Middle Class and the Moral Economy of Misrecognition. Theory, Culture and Society, 37(2), 131-156. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276419869438

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Dean C, Tyfield D. Low-Carbon Transition as Vehicle of New Inequalities? Risk-Class, the Chinese Middle Class and the Moral Economy of Misrecognition. Theory, Culture and Society. 2020 Mar 1;37(2):131-156. Epub 2019 Sept 5. doi: 10.1177/0263276419869438

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Dean, Curran ; Tyfield, David. / Low-Carbon Transition as Vehicle of New Inequalities? Risk-Class, the Chinese Middle Class and the Moral Economy of Misrecognition. In: Theory, Culture and Society. 2020 ; Vol. 37, No. 2. pp. 131-156.

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