Clumsiness: Why isn't it as easy as falling off a log?

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-216

  Thompson, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis   (Luxembourg)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Clumsiness; Deliberative quality; Pluralist democracy; Responsiveness; Uncomfortable knowledge

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; HEGEMONY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 55149096158     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610802404922     Document Type: Article

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