The citizen as consumer: E-government in the United Kingdom and the United States

Electronic Democracy: Mobilisation, Organisation and Participation via new ICTs

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 43-69

  Needham, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906129390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203357989     Document Type: Chapter

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