Employment services in an age of e-government

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-103

  Marston, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employment services; Governmentality; Information and communications technology; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244462805     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180500519555     Document Type: Article

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