The State and Democracy After New Public Management: Exploring Alternative Models of E-Governance

Information Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-45

  Navarra, Diego D ^a   Cornford, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e government; governance; innovation; New Public Management; state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860822016     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2012.632264     Document Type: Article

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