Policy pathways, policy networks, and citizen deliberation: Disseminating the results of world wide views on global warming in the USA

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 378-392

  Delborne, Jason ^a   Schneider, Jen ^a   Bal, Ravtosh ^b   Cozzens, Susan ^b   Worthington, Richard ^c  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen deliberation; Climate change; Deliberative democracy; Policy network; Policy pathway; World wide views

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; POLICY MAKING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883170642     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs124     Document Type: Article

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