Engaging youth through deliberative e-participation: A case study

International Journal of Electronic Governance

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-399

  Edelmann, Noella ^a   Krimmer, Robert ^b   Parycek, Peter ^a  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^b Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Austrian youth participation; Case study; E democracy; E participation; Four phase participation; Good practice; Novel standardisation approaches; Online deliberation; Reusable case studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350586241     PISSN: 17427509     EISSN: 17427517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2008.022068     Document Type: Article

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