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After having addressed the policy and governance cycles, as well as the types of actors involved, this chapter addresses the elaboration and methods of digital policies. Setting on the foundation of the previous analyses, it also aims to propose a model for digital policies of the European Union.
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Mărcuț, M. (2017). Future Perspectives on EU Digital Policy. In: Crystalizing the EU Digital Policy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69227-2_5
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