Measuring participation as communicative action: A case study of citizen involvement in and assessment of a city's smoking cessation policy-making process

Journal of Communication

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 660-679

  Chang, Leanne ^a   Jacobson, Thomas ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SCAEVIUS MILII;

EID: 78149329879     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01508.x     Document Type: Article

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