Theorizing Inside Activism: Understanding Policymaking and Policy Change from Below

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-273

  Olsson, Jan ^a   Hysing, Erik ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

individual key actors; Inside activism; inside activists; networks; policy change; policymaking

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; POLICY REFORM;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84862025686     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2012.677123     Document Type: Article

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