Why mass media matter and how to work with them: Phronesis and megaprojects

Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 95-121

  Flyvbjerg, Bent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84898717466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511719912.008     Document Type: Chapter

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