Adapting bureaucracy to the internet. the case of venice local government

Information Polity

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-22

  Alfano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; max weber; Social web; structuration theory; technology enactment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870953220     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-2011-0226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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