The Danish Biofuel Debate: Coupling Scientific and Politico-Economic Claims

Science as Culture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-97

  Hansen, Janus ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

advocacy coalition; bioeconomy; Biofuels; functional differentiation; public debate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892670458     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2013.808619     Document Type: Article

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