The Politics of Environmental Licensing: Energy Projects of the Past and Future in Brazil

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-371

  Hochstetler, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Citizen participation; Energy politics; Environmental licensing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 82355169016     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-011-9092-1     Document Type: Article

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