Decision, choice, solution: 'agentic deadlock' in environmental politics

Environmental Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 357-375

  Hausknost, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

agency; decision; democracy; governance; political consumerism; sustainability

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE DEPLETION; STABILIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84899496468     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.874138     Document Type: Article

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