Is energy policy a public issue? Nuclear power in Poland and implications for energy transitions in Central and East Europe

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2016, Pages 158-169

  Wagner, Aleksandra ^c   Grobelski, Tiffany ^a   Harembski, Marcin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Wspólna Ziemia Association   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Energy transition; Nuclear energy; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957428600     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.12.010     Document Type: Article

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