Understanding E-Government in Europe: Issues and Challenges Contributor(s): Nixon, Paul G. (Editor), Koutrakou, Vassiliki N. (Editor), Rawal, Rajash (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415468000 ISBN-13: 9780415468008 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 Annotation: Presenting a multi-disciplinary approach, the comprehensive text analyses a range of challenges that governments are facing with the growth of e-government, spanning from those of a technological and managerial nature to those of a more political and legal nature. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - General - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
Dewey: 352.380 |
LCCN: 2009019699 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 350 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - Central Europe |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume critically explores the contentions in the emerging debate surrounding new media technologies and the extent to which they are challenging traditional political and government models. Examining a range of citizen/government interactions which together form e-government in different contexts, this book assesses the potential of new media technologies to facilitate new institutional patterns for governance and participation, as experienced primarily, but not only, across Europe. Analysing a range of challenges spanning from those of a technological and conceptual nature to those of a more political and legal nature, the authors scrutinise the central policies at governmental and organisational levels and consider the following questions:
This comprehensive text will be of interest to students and scholars of public policy, politics, media and communication studies, sociology, law and European studies. It will also offer insights of relevance to practitioners and policy-makers in regional, national, and transnational governance, reform and innovation. |