The estonian tiger leap from post-communism to the information society: From policy to practice

Journal of Baltic Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-51

  Runnel, Pille ^a   Pruulmann Vengerfeldt, Pille ^b   Reinsalu, Kristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Estonia; Information society policies; Internet use; Online democracy; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849101772     PISSN: 01629778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01629770902722245     Document Type: Article

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