The role of symbolic capital in stakeholder disputes: Decision-making concerning intractable wastes

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1593-1604

  Benn, Suzanne ^a   Jones, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Risk society; Stakeholder interaction; Symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHEMICALS COMPANIES; DECISIONS MAKINGS; HEXACHLORBENZENE; LOCAL COMMUNITY; ORGANOCHLORINES; RISK SOCIETIES; RISK-COMMUNITY; STAKEHOLDER INTERACTION; STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTION; SYMBOLIC CAPITAL;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEM; PLANNING THEORY; RISK PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; SYMBOLISM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 60649089347     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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