"Wicked problems," public policy, and administrative theory: Lessons from the GM food regulatory arena

Administration and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-334

  Durant, Robert F ^a   Legge Jr , Jerome S ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative theory; Public opinion; Public trust; Qenetically modified foods; Regulatory policy and administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744785391     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399706289713     Document Type: Article

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