Working at the science-policy interface: A discursive analysis of boundary work at the Netherlands environmental assessment agency

Environmental Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 576-594

  Huitema, Dave ^a   Turnhout, Esther ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary organisation; Boundary work; Environmental policy; Science policy interface; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69249128580     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644010903007427     Document Type: Article

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