The discourse of democracy in Canadian nuclear waste management policy

Policy Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-99

  Johnson, Genevieve Fuji ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Discursive coalition; Nuclear waste management policy; Public policy; Public policy process

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547647112     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-007-9032-0     Document Type: Article

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