Mobilizing for participatory democracy?: The case of democracy policy in Sweden

Participatory Democracy and Political Participation: Can Participatory Engineering Bring Citizens Back In?

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 187-201

  Montin, Stig ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84917305031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203969311     Document Type: Chapter

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