Voluntary organisations as e-democratic actors: Political identity, legitimacy and accountability and the need for new research

Policy and Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-616

  Taylor, John ^a,b   Burt, Eleanor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; E democracy; Legitimacy; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

E-COMMERCE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

HARNESS;

EID: 26944460834     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557305774329127     Document Type: Article

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