E-democracy from the perspective of local elected members

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 20-35

  Parvez, Zahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; E democracy; Elected members; Social structures; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

AGENCY; E-DEMOCRACY; ELECTED MEMBERS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURATION THEORY;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 47649110739     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2008070102     Document Type: Article

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