Networks, protest and regulatory systems: the case of energy from waste

Local Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 334-355

  Hacking, Nick ^a   Flynn, Andrew ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

governmentality; incineration; networks; participation; stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894459234     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.790353     Document Type: Article

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