Managing citizen identity information in e-government service relationships in the UK: The emergence of a surveillance state or a service state?

Public Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 833-856

  Lips, A Miriam B ^a   Taylor, John A ^b   Organ, Joe ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizen; Citizen identity information; E government; Identity management; Public service

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949500728     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030903318988     Document Type: Article

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