The Mutable Nature of Risk and Acceptability: A Hybrid Risk Governance Framework

Risk Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1969-1982

  Wong, Catherine Mei Ling ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Actor network theory; deliberative democracy; responsive regulation; risk governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984614258     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12429     Document Type: Note

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