Beyond consensus: Reflections from a democratic perspective on the interaction between climate politics and science

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 409-415

  van der Sluijs, Jeroen P ^a   van Est, Rinie ^b   Riphagen, Monique ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Rathenau Institute KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY STRATEGY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78649884851     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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