Inspecting environmental management from within: The role ofstreet-level bureaucrats in environmental policy implementation

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 1060-1070

  Sevä, Mikael ^a   Jagers, Sverker C ^a,b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discretion; Governing; Management; Natural resource management; Street level bureaucrats

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

'CURRENT; CIVIL SERVANTS; DISCRETION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRAT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

BUREAUCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DISCRETION; GOVERNING; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRATS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FISHERIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 84881538247     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.06.038     Document Type: Article

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