Current issues and trends in e-government research

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Norris, Donald F.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
• Series: Advances in electronic government research series.
• Subjects: Internet in public administration.; Information technology > Research.; Electronic government information.; Public administration > Technological innovations.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

As emerging trends and research threads surface in the area of e-government, academicians, practitioners, and students face the challenge of keeping up-to-date with new and innovative practices. This book provides a complete synopsis of the latest technologies in information policy, security, privac...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Assessing digital government at the local level worldwide / James Melitski, Marc Holzer
• 2. The impact of the internet on political activism / Pippa Norris
• 3. E-government in Canada / Jeffrey Roy
• 4. Motives, strategic approach, objectives and focal areas in e-gov-induced change / Hans Scholl
• 5. E-government-induced Business Process Change (BPC) / Hans Scholl
• 6. Computer security in electronic government / Alison Radl, Yu-Che Chen
• 7. Measuring and explaining the quality of web sites in the (virtual) House of Representatives / Kevin Esterling, David Lazer, Michael Neblo
• 8. Electronic democracy at the American grassroots / Donald Norris
• 9. A Brave new e-world? an exploratory analysis of worldwide e-government readiness, level of democracy, corruption, and globalization / Zlatko Kovacic
• 10. Scenarios for future use of e-democracy tools in Europe / Herbert Kubicek, Hilmar Westholm
• 11. The quest for advocates / Harald Mahrer
• 12. E-gov research 2003-2006 / Åke Grönlund, Annika Andersson
• 13. E-government research / Kim Andersen, Helle Henriksen
• 14. E-Government Adoption in Canadian Municipal Governments / Christopher Reddick.