ABSTRACT

The primary purpose of the chapter is to outline the investigation framework of the research to help establish the correct methodological foundation of the analysis, which will mostly be based on a case study of the e-government development in Kazakhstan in its various dimensions and institutional levels, including but not limited to political, social, economic and technological ones; first, by setting the research questions and shaping the investigation skeleton of the study, determining the key areas of concentration and choosing the appropriate research methods as well as providing some generalizations on expected findings and outcomes of the research.