Reinventing government through on-line citizen involvement in the developing world: A case study of Taipei City Mayor's e-mail box in Taiwan

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 409-423

  Chen, Don Yun ^a   Huang, Tong Yi ^a   Hsiao, Naiyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Citizen involvement; E government; Public management

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845758959     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.415     Document Type: Article

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