Can deliberative democracy be practiced? a subnational policy pathway

Politics and Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 995-1021

  Crowley, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOCAL PLANNING; NATIONAL PLANNING; POLICY MAKING;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 70350525261     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2009.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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