Stakeholder participation in voluntary environmental agreements: Analysis of 10 project XL case studies

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-250

  Murdock, Barbara Scott ^a,e   Wiessner, Carol ^b,c   Sexton, Ken ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Ctr for Environ Advocacy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^e Div Environ Hlth City M   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen involvement; Environmental policy; Environmental regulatory reform; Project XL; Public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244394856     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243904266104     Document Type: Article

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