eTransformation in governance new directions in government and politics /

This title is about transformation in government and governance due to the information society development. The book provides conceptual clarification of the e-transformation in governance, and presents empirical findings on the recent developments in Western countries. The book provides innovative...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Mälkiä, Matti., Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko., Savolainen, Reijo.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. eTransformation in government, politics and society : conceptual framework and introduction / Matti Mälkiä, Reijo Savolainen
  • 2. Introduction to democratic e-governance / Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
  • 3. Teledemocratic innovations that public officials ignore : at our great peril / Ted Becker
  • 4. Public involvement in public administration in the information age : speculations on the effects of technology / John Clayton Thomas
  • 5. ICTs and the communicative conditions for democracy : a local experiment with Web-mediated civic publicness / Seija Ridell
  • 6. Public administration for a democratic society : instilling public trust through greater collaboration with citizens / Christa Daryl Slaton, Jeremy L. Arthur
  • 7. Bureaucratic discretion and deliberative democracy / Christian Hunold, B. Guy Peters
  • 8. The moderator in government-initiated Internet discussions : facilitator or source of bias? / Arthur R. Edwards
  • 9. Metropolitan governance and telecommunications policy : changing perceptions of place and local governance in the information society / Roger Richman
  • 10. Building regional communities in an Information Age : the case of Greater Western Sydney / Kevin Sproats, Trevor Cairney, David Hegarty
  • 11. Responding to the information needs of citizens in an open society : the role of smart communities / Roger W. Caves
  • 12. What's new? : perspectives on freedom of information and the Internet / Sonja Bugdahn
  • 13. Bridging the digital divide : developments in Scotland / Anna Malina, Ann Macintosh
  • 14. Globalization, citizenship and new information technologies : from the MAI to Seattle / Peter J. Smith, Elizabeth Smythe.