Systematic Review of the Literature on Electronic Democracy and Electronic Government

Abstract

This article aims, through a systematic literature review, answer the following research question: What are the methods used in articles containing the words e-democracy and e-government and which concepts of these issues? To select the articles used the Scopus database with the keywords AND e-democracy e-government and the temporal filter publications from the 2000s until the month of June 2015. Through filters were selected ten articles that compose the sample of this study. After the analysis it can be seen that the concept of e-government is fairly uniform, while the same is not true of the definition of electronic democracy. In addition, it can be said that the articles are mostly based on qualitative methods which are more scarce the approach of applied research. The few references found evidence the space and the need for further research that could strengthen mainly the study of initiatives and experiences of government and electronic democracy