The architecture of control: A Chinese strategy for e-governance

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-97

  Kluver, Randolph ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; BUREAUCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNET;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 15944390207     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X05000218     Document Type: Article

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