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Hidden agendas: How dubious motives can lurk behind environmental issues—and complicate public dialogue
Author(s) -
Forrest Carol J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.20250
Subject(s) - citation , quality (philosophy) , computer science , library science , sociology , philosophy , epistemology
© 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/tqem.20250 Professionals in the field of community relations/public involvement need to identify both the stakeholders who may wish to “weigh in” on environmental issues and those stakeholders’ needs, wants, and opinions. Whether the issue involves a permitting action, the investigation or cleanup of a hazardous waste site, or ongoing operations at a manufacturing facility, if there is public concern or opposition, the source will most often be: