Public Involvement Designed to Circumvent Public Concern? The “Participatory Turn” in European Nuclear Activities

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-229

  Sundqvist, Göran ^a   Elam, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

nuclear power; nuclear waste; public concerns; public participation; the European Union

Indexed keywords

EID: 85169089941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-4079.1046     Document Type: Article

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