Information systems and evidence-based policy in multi-agency networks: The micro-politics of situated innovation

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-217

  Wastell, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support; eGovernment; Ethnography; Evidence based policy; Information systems; Innovation; New Public Management; Partnership

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MODERNIZATION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY;

DECISION SUPPORT; EGOVERNMENT; ETHNOGRAPHY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATIONS; MICROPOLITICS; NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT; PARTNERSHIP;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33746863004     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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