Can the internet reinvent democracy?

Irish Political Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 563-577

  Sudulich, Maria Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

democracy; internet; political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857600829     PISSN: 07907184     EISSN: 17439078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07907184.2011.619750     Document Type: Review

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