Parliamentary websites: Theoretical and comparative perspectives

Information Polity

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-162

  Setälä, Maija ^a   Grönlund, Kimmo ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

accountability; parliament; parliamentary websites; publicity; The Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749333204     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ip-2006-0095     Document Type: Review

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