The age of direct citizen participation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Reference & Research Book News | Date: May 1, 2008 | Copyright information

9780765615121

The age of direct citizen participation.

Ed. by Nancy C. Roberts.

M.E. Sharpe, Inc.

2008

511 pages

$89.95

Hardcover

ASPA series

JK1764

Put together by Roberts (Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California), this anthology gathers 31 papers from the pages of journals sponsored by the American Society for Public Administration examining issues of dire...

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