The Encyclopedia of the City focuses on the key topics encountered by undergraduates and
scholars in urban studies and allied fields. Contributors include major theoreticians and …

Despite the immeasurable investment in e-government initiatives throughout the world, such
initiatives have yet to succeed in fully meeting expectations and desired outcomes. A key …

The rapid expansion of the Internet has fueled the emergence of electronic government at all
levels in Canada. E-government's first decade featured online service underpinned by a …

Broadly defined, electronic govern-ment (e-government) is the use of information and
communication technologies by government. E-government is part of a bigger movement …

Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications meets the
pressing need for quality research in the area of electronic access to government services …

As governments seek to consult their citizens over matters of policy, it becomes increasingly
important for citizens to receive relevant information in a medium that they can use, and will …

Participatory Budgeting aims to increase democracy in city districts by permitting citizens to
participate in the spending of public budgets and in the making of important decisions …

Local Electronic Government Page 1 Page 2 Local Electronic Government Advances in
information and communication technologies have made a significant contribution to the …

Now in its third edition, Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy remains the
definitive source for article-length presentations spanning the fields of public administration …

Background Since the 1980s society has radically shifted away from a culture of community
towards a culture of individualism framed around the economic imperative. We are no longer …