Implementation and Participation in China's Local Environmental Politics: Challenges and Innovations

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-16

  Kostka, Genia ^a   Mol, Arthur P J ^b  

^a FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chinese politics; environmental governance; Environmental politics; innovation; participation; policy implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874173500     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2013.763629     Document Type: Review

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