Surfing for problems: Advocacy group strategy in U.S. forestry policy

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 415-434

  Boscarino, Jessica E ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Environmental policy; Problem surfing; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; FORESTRY PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING; POLICY STRATEGY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349130261     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2009.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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