Sustainable development in Lithuania: Between the government agenda and the undiscovered civil society

Journal of Baltic Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-414

  Mžavanadze, Nora ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Governance; Lithuania; National strategies for sustainable development; Public participation; Public policy; Social capital; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149184455     PISSN: 01629778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01629770903086285     Document Type: Article

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