Binding: Paperback
Description: Governments these days often boast about the efficiency of their electronic systems. Information communication technologies (IC Ts) apparently allow public service to become cheaper faster and more democratic. E - government has become another buzzword the shining future of the public realm. Critics claim however that IC Ts potential for democratic renewal is hampered by ancient assumptions of how governments should function. But which viewpoint is nearer the truth? In this original and insightful volume Vincent Homburg demonstrates how the use form and impact of IC Ts are in fact entwined within the socio - political economic and institutional aspects already established by government and public administration. Evangelical or fatalistic perspectives are discredited to show the different realities in which IC Ts play a role in our daily lives. Using case studies and vignettes from throughout Europe and the US the book analyzes what these new technologies actually do and how they are screened through varying layers of bureaucracy and convention. This is a timely addition to our understanding of what is meant by e - government. It gets behind the political rhetoric. Understanding E - Government: Information Systems in Public Administration will be key reading for all students of public administration political science organization theory and information systems.
Title: Understanding E - Government Information Systems In Public Administration
Author(s): Homburg Vincent
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415430944
Pages: 140 Pages
Publication Date: 6/1/2008
Category: Public Ownership / Nationalization