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Legitimizing the Smart City Idea: The Case of the #Smarthalle

Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Verwaltungswissenschaften
Volume 11 (2020): Issue 1
By: Ruth Frischknecht,  Kuno Schedler and  Ali A. Guenduez  
Open Access
|Nov 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ssas.149 | Journal eISSN: 2632-9255
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 14, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 23, 2020
Published on: Nov 9, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Smart City,
Legitimacy,
Legitimation Strategies,
Public Administration,
Citizens

© 2020 Ruth Frischknecht, Kuno Schedler, Ali A. Guenduez, published by Ubiquity Press
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