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Book Title: Smart Citizens, Smarter State : the Technologies of Expertise and the Future of Governing
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Beth Simone Noveck
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Political Process / General, Public Policy / General, Social Aspects, Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Public Affairs & Administration, Social Aspects / General, History & Theory
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Computers, Law, Political Science
Item Weight: 18.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
