The role of the state in voluntary environmental reform: A case study of public land

Policy Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-44

  MacKendrick, Norah A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; MINING INDUSTRY; STATE ROLE; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 28744443770     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-005-1722-x     Document Type: Article

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