The shape of eParticipation: Characterizing an emerging research area

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 400-428

  Sæbø, Øystein ^a   Rose, Jeremy ^b   Skiftenes Flak, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

eDemocracy; eGovernance; eGovernment; eParticipation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849109328     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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