Towards the enhancement of e-democracy: Identifying the notion of the 'middleman paradox'

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-42

  Mahrer, Harald ^a   Krimmer, Robert ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digital democracy; E administration; E democracy; E government

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEMOCRACY; E-ADMINISTRATION; E-DEMOCRACY; E-GOVERNMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 12844250034     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2005.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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