eParticipation in the EU: Re-focusing on social media and young citizens for reinforcing European identity

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 477-500

  Karantzeni, Dimitra ^a   Gouscos, Dimitris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

eParticipation; European identity; European Union; Social media; Young citizen groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886508570     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/TG-01-2013-0003     Document Type: Article

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