Delineating Active Citizenship: The Subjectification of Citizens' Initiatives

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-179

  van Dam, Rosalie ^a   Duineveld, Martijn ^a   During, Roel ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citizens' initiatives; Foucault; governance; performativity; subjectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924229002     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2014.918502     Document Type: Article

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