Open government and e-government: Democratic challenges from a public value perspective

Information Polity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-97

  Harrison, Teresa M ^a   Guerrero, Santiago ^a   Burke, G Brian ^a   Cook, Meghan ^a   Cresswell, Anthony ^a   Helbig, Natalie ^a   Hrdinova, Jana ^a   Pardo, Theresa ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; democracy; e democracy; e governance; E government; open government; participation; public value; social media; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870029420     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-2012-0269     Document Type: Article

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