Post-normal institutional identities: Quality assurance, reflexivity and ethos of care

Futures

Volumn 91, Issue , 2017, Pages 53-61

  Guimarães Pereira, Ângela ^a   Saltelli, Andrea ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethos of care; Policy; Post normal science; Quality; Reflexivity; Scientific advice; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH;

EUROPE;

EID: 85015643001     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2016.11.009     Document Type: Article

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