Local Democracy Online: An Analysis of Local Government Web Sites in England and Wales

International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 75-92

  Pratchett, Lawrence ^a   Wingfield, Melvin ^a   Polat, Rabia Karakaya ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISIK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

e democracy; England; local e democracy; local government Web sites; online consultation; online democracy; online discussion; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001736090     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2006070104     Document Type: Article

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