The relationship between political factors and the development of E-participatory government

Information Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-251

  Garciá Sánchez, Isabel Mariá ^a   Rodríguez Domínguez, Luis ^a   Gallego Álvarez, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

E government; E participatory government; Internet; Political factors; Web sites; Worldwide countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960609197     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2011.583816     Document Type: Article

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