Online deliberation: Possibilities of the internet for deliberative democracy

Democracy Online: The Prospects for Political Renewal Through the Internet

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 109-122

  Witschge, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84905522547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203485415     Document Type: Chapter

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