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Research Articles

Rethinking gamified democracy as frictional: a comparative examination of the Decide Madrid and vTaiwan platforms

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Pages 1324-1341 | Received 24 May 2021, Accepted 28 Jan 2022, Published online: 21 Mar 2022

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