Online engagement from the grassroots: Reflecting on over a decade of epetitioning experience in europe and the UK

Empowering Open and Collaborative Governance: Technologies and Methods for Online Citizen Engagement in Public Policy Making

Volumn 9783642272196, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-94

  Panagiotopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Elliman, Tony ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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HIGH VOLUMES; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84866005919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27219-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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