Social entrepreneurs as change agents: A case study on power and authority in the water sector

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-83

  Partzsch, Lena ^a   Ziegler, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency; Authority; Innovation; Legitimacy; Social accountability; Social entrepreneurship; Water governance

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79952184010     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-011-9150-1     Document Type: Article

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