How does digital empowerment reshape rural governance?—a comparative analysis based on four typical cases in Nanjing

Hui Ma; Yang Liu; Yuanyuan Tong; Xin Zhang; Qiujin Yuan

doi:10.54254/2753-7102/2025.30287

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Received: 28 November 2025

Published: 5 December 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7102/2025.30287

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Ma,H.;Liu,Y.;Tong,Y.;Zhang,X.;Yuan,Q. (2025). How does digital empowerment reshape rural governance?—a comparative analysis based on four typical cases in Nanjing. Advances in Social Behavior Research,16(11),16-22.

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