Local media and experts: Sources of environmental policy initiation?

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-164

  Crow, Deserai Anderson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Local government; Mass media; Policy entrepreneurs; Policy initiation; Water rights policy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MASS MEDIA; POLICY APPROACH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESEARCH WORK;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950539385     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2009.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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