Tocqueville in cyberspace: Using the internet for citizen associations

Information Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-220

  Klein, Hans K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associations; Democracy; Forum; Internet; Many to many communication; Political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033212447     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722499128376     Document Type: Article

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