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Communities, Learning, and Democracy in the Digital Age

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Access to information networks constitutes the essential tool for enabling citizens to participate in the economic, political, and social life of their communities; and, as such, forms the basis for participatory democracy.

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Kvasny, L., Kranich, N., Schement, J.R. (2009). Communities, Learning, and Democracy in the Digital Age. In: Carroll, J.M. (eds) Learning in Communities. Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-332-3_9

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