Governing electronically: e-government and the reconfiguration of public administration, policy and power

This book provides rare insights into the nature of contemporary, technologically-facilitated government. Its multidisciplinary approach demonstrates that information technology is more than a tool for politicians and policy-makers. E-government has reconfigured public administration, policy, power and citizenship. INDICE: Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART I: EXAMINING E-GOVERNMENT -Conceptualizing Technology and Government - The Governmentality of E-government - PART II: DOMAINS OF E-GOVERNMENT - E-welfare - E-taxation - E-health - PART III: RECONFIGURATION OF GOVERNMENT - Reconfiguring Public Administration -Speed, Time and the Future - Networks and Conditionality - Risk and Targeted Government - Complex Government - Reconfiguring Power, Citizenship, Society - References - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-20588-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 20/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés