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E-government is a multidisciplinary field of research based initially on empirical insights from practice. Efforts to theoretically found the field have opened perspectives from multiple research domains. The goal of this chapter is to review evolution of the e-government field from an institutional and an academic point of view. Our position is that e-government is an emergent multidisciplinary field of research in which focus on practice is a prominent characteristic. Each chapter of the book is then briefly presented and is positioned according to a vision of the e-government domain of research.
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All survey data since 2002 have been compiled by the UNDESA into an “e-government Readiness Knowledge Base” available online athttp://www.unpan.org/egovkb/, retrieved July 2nd, 2010
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Assar, S., Boughzala, I., Boydens, I. (2011). Back to Practice, a Decade of Research in E-Government. In: Assar, S., Boughzala, I., Boydens, I. (eds) Practical Studies in E-Government. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7533-1_1
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