Environmental Co-governance, Legitimacy, and the Quest for Compliance: When and Why Is Stakeholder Participation Desirable?

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 306-323

  Birnbaum, Simon ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaborative governance; compliance; fisheries; legitimacy; stakeholder participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940205035     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2015.1077440     Document Type: Article

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