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NGOs and the “Information Society”: Grassroots Advocacy at the UN—A Cautionary Tale.

This article looks at the United Nations-brokered World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in light of nongovernmental organization participation as a full partner in consultations and decisions. Combining participation-observation fieldwork, interviews, and eye-witness accounts with a selecti...

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Published in:Review of Policy Research Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 309 - 331
Main Author: Franklin, M. I.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell July 2007
Subjects:
Information technology
Technological innovations
Telecommunication
Nongovernmental organizations
Government policy on information technology
World Summit on the Information Society
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