Integrating Self-Governance in Heavily Regulated Policy Fields: Insights from a Dutch Farmers' Cooperative

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 285-302

  Termeer, Catrien J A M ^a   Stuiver, Marian ^a   Gerritsen, Alwin ^a   Huntjens, Patrick ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

agriculture; cooperatives; institutional design principles; natural resources; politics; Self governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878159734     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2013.778670     Document Type: Article

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