E-government and citizen's engagement with local affairs through e-websites: The case of Spanish municipalities

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 469-478

  Cegarra Navarro, Juan Gabriel ^a   Pachón, José Rodrigo Córdoba ^b   Cegarra, José Luis Moreno ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Citizen engagement; E government; ICT; Spain; Websites

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; WEBSITES;

ADOPTION; CITIZEN ENGAGEMENTS; CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SPAIN;

E-GOVERNMENT;

EID: 84867456224     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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