Policy design for legitimacy: Expert knowledge, citizens, time and inclusion in the United Kingdom's biotechnology sector

Public Administration

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 259-277

  Montpetit, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXPERT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40449109424     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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