Another Opportunity Lost? Victorian Labor's Enactment of Sustainability, 1999-2010

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-313

  Coffey, Brian ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Neoliberalism; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868119585     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2012.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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