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An Application of Pierre Bourdieu’s Key Concepts to the Domain of Climate Change Education

By: Ramesh Thapa  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2024-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1691-5534 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4147
Language: English
Page range: 105 - 120
Published on: Jan 22, 2025
Published by: Daugavpils University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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