Direction of electronic governance initiatives within two worlds: case for a shift in emphasis

Electronic Government

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-40

  Mitra, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business models; electronic democracy; electronic service delivery; local government; public participation; public sector; software outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969450307     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2005.006646     Document Type: Article

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