Tracing the sources of legitimacy: the impact of deliberation in participatory natural resource management

Policy Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 443-461

  Birnbaum, Simon ^a   Bodin, Örjan ^a   Sandström, Annica ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Ecosystem approach; Legitimacy; Participatory management; Stakeholder participation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DEMOCRACY; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84946493403     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: 15730891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-015-9230-0     Document Type: Article

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