Innovative City Hall: A Comparative Case Study of Policy Adoption in the U.S. and France

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-432

  Wohlers, Tony E ^a   Bernier, Lynne ^b  

^a CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E government; municipalities; policy innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870054696     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2012.700446     Document Type: Article

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