Policy entrepreneurs and change strategies: Lessons from sixteen case studies of water transitions around the globe

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 17-

  Meijerink, Sander ^a   Huitema, Dave ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Change strategies; International comparison; Policy change; Policy entrepreneurs; Transition management; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954480392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03509-150221     Document Type: Article

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