Local Democracy in a Digital Age: Lessons for Local Government from the Manchester Congestion Charge Referendum.
Local government in England has, in general, struggled with exploiting the much heralded democratic potential of the Internet. Evaluations of the local e-democracy initiatives, funded as part of the New Labour Government's e-government programme, were largely unfavourable. Since this initiative ende...
| Publicado en: | Local Government Studies Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 82 - 102 |
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