External shocks and policy change: Three Mile Island and Swedish nuclear energy policy

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1041-1059

  Nohrstedt, Daniel ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advocacy coalition framework; External perturbations; Interests; Learning; Nuclear energy policy; Policy change

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544460614     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760500270729     Document Type: Review

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