An investigation of the use of structured e-forum for enhancing e-participation in parliaments

International Journal of Electronic Governance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-147

  Xenakis, Alexandros ^a   Loukis, Euripidis ^b  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

E consultation; E participation; IBISs; Issue based information systems; Legislation formation; Multiple methods evaluation; Parliament; Structured e forum

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953061517     PISSN: 17427509     EISSN: 17427517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2010.034092     Document Type: Article

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