Towards an evaluation framework for eParticipation

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-30

  Macintosh, Ann ^a   Whyte, Angus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Democracy; Government

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993083613     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160810862928     Document Type: Article

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