Buffalo tales: Interest group policy stories in Greater Yellowstone

Policy Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-409

  McBeth, Mark K ^a   Shanahan, Elizabeth A ^b   Hathaway, Paul L ^c   Tigert, Linda E ^a   Sampson, Lynette J ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jacksonsville State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Greater Yellowstone; Interest groups; Lobby tactics; Policy narratives

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; POLICY STRATEGY;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BISON;

EID: 78049464837     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-010-9114-2     Document Type: Article

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