Assessing (e-)Democratic Innovations: “Democratic Goods” and Downing Street E-Petitions
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Information Technology & Politics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1933-1681,1933-169X
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2012.712820