The world summit on the information society and civil society participation

Information Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-215

  Selian, Audrey N ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Civil society organizations (CSOs); Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); Nonstate actors; Participation; UN summits; World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042646956     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240490456881     Document Type: Review

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