Mobile democracy discourse in a Turkish experiment

International Journal of Electronic Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-62

  Törenli, Nurcan ^a   Kiyan, Zafer ^a   Yüksel, Hakan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cellbroadcast; ICTs; Information society; Local administration; Mobile democracy; Mobile phone; Municipality; Online referendum; Participation; Techno political paradigm; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897513499     PISSN: 17427509     EISSN: 17427517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2012.047442     Document Type: Article

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