When interests trump institutions: Tasmania's forest policy network and the Bell Bay pulp mill

Environmental Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 274-292

  Gale, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

economic structures; environmental assessment; forest conflict; policy networks; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FORESTRY POLICY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LEGISLATION;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84875850049     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2012.683150     Document Type: Article

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