Who greens the northern light? Green inside activists in local environmental governing in Sweden

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 693-708

  Hysing, Erik ^a   Olsson, Jan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79961231689     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c10114     Document Type: Article

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