Still the century of 'new' environmental policy instruments? Exploring patterns of innovation and continuity

Environmental Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-173

  Jordan, Andrew ^a   Wurzel, Rüdiger K W ^b   Zito, Anthony R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

environmental policy; governance; new instruments; policy innovation; policy instruments

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84874148901     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.755839     Document Type: Article

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