A very public mess: Problematizing the “participative turn” in energy policy in Chile

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 29, Issue , 2017, Pages 127-134

  Ureta, Sebastián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Energy policy; Framing; Overflowing; Public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019600394     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.04.009     Document Type: Article

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