Deliberation as a catalyst for reflexive environmental governance

Ecological Economics

Volumn 131, Issue , 2017, Pages 353-360

  Dryzek, John S ^a   Pickering, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Deliberative democracy; Environmental governance; Polycentric governance; Reflexive governance; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRACY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84989157869     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.09.011     Document Type: Article

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