E-petitioning: Enabling ground-up participation

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2005, Pages 265-279

  Adams, Nicholas J ^a   Macintosh, Ann ^a   Johnston, Jim ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Parliament   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E Government; E Petitioning; Local Government; Parliament; Public Authority

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

DISCUSSION FORUM; EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATIONAL LEVEL; PARLIAMENT; POLITICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC AUTHORITIES;

E-GOVERNMENT;

EID: 84884376434     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-29773-1_18     Document Type: Article

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