The Myths of E-government: Looking beyond the assumptions of a new and better government

Information Society

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 373-382

  Bekkers, Victor ^a   Homburg, Vincent ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

E government; Institutional innovation; Myths in policy processes; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348861951     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240701572913     Document Type: Article

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