Deliberative community networks for local governance

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-121

  De Cindio, Fiorella ^a,b   De Marco, Antonio ^a,c   Grew, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Association for Informatics and Civic Networking   (Italy)

^c Civic Informatics Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agenda 21; DCNs; Deliberative community networks; Deliberative democracy; E deliberation; E democracy; E participation; Local governance

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGENDA 21; DELIBERATIVE COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY; E-DELIBERATION; E-DEMOCRACY; E-PARTICIPATION; LOCAL GOVERNANCE; PROCESS-BUILDING MODULE STRUCTURES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 34548064020     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: 17415292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2007.014532     Document Type: Article

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