E-communication: Strengthening the ties between councillors and citizens in Norwegian local government?

Scandinavian Political Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-361

  Hanssen, Gro Sandkjaer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

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EID: 49249137307     PISSN: 00806757     EISSN: 14679477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Review

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