Democratic Legitimacy in the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands: Towards Participatory and Deliberative Norms?

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-316

  Behagel, Jelle ^a   Turnhout, Esther ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

deliberation; Democracy; discourse; governance; participation; WFD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858980476     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2011.607002     Document Type: Article

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