Electronic Government and Online Engagement: Citizen Interaction with Government via Web Portals

International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-76

  Chen, Yu Che ^a   Dimitrova, Daniela V ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

e citizen; e democracy; e government; IT adoption; IT in public administration; online civic engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001760482     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2006010104     Document Type: Article

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