Public Administration in an Information Age - A Handbook

"This book is a joint effort of researchers who have been involved in research-projects and programmes that have been trying to chart and reflect upon the implications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Public Administration. Since the 1950s, computers had largely facilitated a...

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Päätekijät: W.B.H.J. van de Donk (ed.), I.Th.M. Snellen (ed.)
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