Public involvement: How to encourage citizen participation

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 262-274

  Mannarini, Terri ^a   Fedi, Angela ^b   Trippetti, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Deliberation; Public involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955626509     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1030     Document Type: Article

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