What's Your “Position” on Nuclear Power? An Exploration of Conflict in Stakeholder Participation for Decision-making about Risky Technologies

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-38

  Poetz, Anneliese ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

conflict; decision making; knowledge transfer and exchange; risk perception; stakeholder participation; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928315301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-4079.1081     Document Type: Article

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