The politics of crisis policymaking: Chernobyl and Swedish nuclear energy policy

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-278

  Nohrstedt, Daniel ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advocacy Coalition Framework; Coalition mobilization; Crisis; Learning; Nuclear power; Policy change

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENERGY POLICY; HEURISTICS; POLICY REFORM; POLICY STRATEGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UKRAINE;

EID: 42449134023     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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