The illiberal culture of e-democracy

Journal of E-Government

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 85-112

  Johnson, Jeffrey Alan ^a  

^a CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E democracy; Internet voting; Social construction of technology; Technological values; Virtual civil society

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349085569     PISSN: 15424049     EISSN: 15424057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J399v03n04_05     Document Type: Article

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