Diffusing information for democracy: An insight of the South African Parliament

Library Management

Volumn 25, Issue , 2004, Pages 28-38

  Mostert, Janneke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Democracy; Information systems; Parliament; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993026072     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120410510238     Document Type: Article

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