Assessing the quality of a deliberative democracy mini-public event about advanced biofuel production and development in Canada

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 252-261

  Longstaff, Holly ^a,b   Secko, David M ^a,b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

discourses of science; energy policy; public consultations; public participation

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; PUBLIC OPINION;

BIOFUELS; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84958744825     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662514545014     Document Type: Article

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