Decrypting E-Governance: Narratives, Power play and Participation in the Gyandoot Intranet

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-24

  Sreekumar, T T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

E governance; Gyandoot; India; Intranet

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149350777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00223.x     Document Type: Article

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