Empowerment and the challenge of applying transition management to ongoing projects

Policy Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-390

  Avelino, Flor ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Long term policy design; Participation; Sustainable transport; Transition management

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING; POLICY REFORM; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 72449210136     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-009-9102-6     Document Type: Article

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