Understanding policy stability and change. The interplay of advocacy coalitions and epistemic communities, windows of opportunity, and Dutch coastal flooding policy 1945-2003

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1060-1077

  Meijerink, Sander ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advocacy coalition; Coastal flooding; Epistemic community; Policy change; Policy image; Window of opportunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544432408     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760500270745     Document Type: Review

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