Public Participation-Potential and Pitfalls

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages 333-345

  Hansson, Sven Ove ^a   Oughton, Deborah ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Democracy; Experts; Participation; Procedural justice; Representation; Science policy relationship; Stakeholders; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883509536     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045015-5.00018-6     Document Type: Chapter

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