IS E-GOVERNMENT LEADING TO MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS? AN OVERALL VIEW

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-20

  Pina, Vicente ^a   Torres, Lourdes ^a   Royo, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

accountability; e government; EU local governments; interactivity; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555193905     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2009.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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