Ballot initiatives—antithesis of human dimensions approaches or catalyst for change?

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 8-20

  Loker, Cynthia A ^a   Decker, Daniel J ^b   Chase, Lisa C ^b  

^a Legislative Council of the General Assembly   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballot initiatives; Human dimensions; Stakeholder; Wildlife policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002271433     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209809359121     Document Type: Article

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