Learning from eParticipation initiatives of regional and local level authorities in Greece and Spain

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-96

  Panopoulou, Eleni ^a   Tambouris, Efthimios ^a   Sancheznielsen, Elena ^b   Zotou, Maria ^a   Tarabanis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

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EID: 79953043018     PISSN: 19448953     EISSN: 19448961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2011.550805     Document Type: Article

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