A Brave New E-World? An Exploratory Analysis of Worldwide E-Government Readiness, Level of Democracy, Corruption and Globalization

International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 15-32

  Kovacic, Zlatko J ^a  

^a School of Information and Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

corruption; electronic democracy; electronic government; globalizaton; readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001759404     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2005070102     Document Type: Article

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