Voluntary environmental governance arrangements

Environmental Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 486-509

  van der Heijden, Jeroen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

beyond compliance; environment; governance; regulation; voluntarism

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 84860266584     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2012.671576     Document Type: Review

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