Fracking the Debate: Frame Shifts and Boundary Work in Dutch Decision Making on Shale Gas

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 35-52

  Metze, Tamara ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

boundary object; boundary work; framing; hydraulic fracturing; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905548806     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2014.941462     Document Type: Article

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