Institutional constraints and practical problems in deliberative and participatory policy making

Policy and politics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-186

  Hoppe, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Democracy; Governance; Participation; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 79961216867     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557310X519650     Document Type: Article

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