Governing in the Information AgeProvides a critical assessment of the significance of the so-called information age to contemporary government, taking into account various perspectives on the relationship between information technology and social change in the context of British governance. In particular, the volume assesses current debates on the New Public Management, the reinvention of government, the new public consumerism and "electronic democracy" in light of these perspectives. It also evaluates policy stances towards the "information superhighway" and the likely effects on future public services. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 91
... representative democracy by operationalizing such basic democratic values as accountability , responsiveness and participation . On this reading , the new consumerism rep- resents one response to the growing cynicism about the ...
... representative democracy by operationalizing such basic democratic values as accountability , responsiveness and participation . On this reading , the new consumerism rep- resents one response to the growing cynicism about the ...
Page 115
... representative institutions , for it seems fanciful to believe that the information age will herald the wholesale abandonment of longstanding constitutional traditions . For this reason , there is much to be said for harnessing the ...
... representative institutions , for it seems fanciful to believe that the information age will herald the wholesale abandonment of longstanding constitutional traditions . For this reason , there is much to be said for harnessing the ...
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... representatives , will be brought fur- ther into question . We have also seen how few of the current innovations in the UK ... representative politics has be- come delegitimated and when , at the same time , bureaucratic and managerial ...
... representatives , will be brought fur- ther into question . We have also seen how few of the current innovations in the UK ... representative politics has be- come delegitimated and when , at the same time , bureaucratic and managerial ...
Contents
new technologies | 33 |
Forging hightech public services | 64 |
citizenship and democracy in | 90 |
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agencies agenda analysis applications associated assumptions automation bandwidth Bellamy benefits bureaucracy business processes capabilities CCCJS CCTA central Chapter Citizen's Charter citizens citizenship computerized computing consumer democracy consumerism costs customers debate democratic Department domain economic economies of scope efficiency emergence emphasis enhanced epistemic communities established example exploitation forms Free-nets HM Treasury HMSO Home Office ICTs important increasingly industry information age information and communications information flows information polity information resources information society information superhighway information systems information technology initiatives innovations institutional integration interactive Internet issues kinds London mainframe computers ment munications National offer Office of Public OFTEL on-line Open Government operational optical fibre organizational organizations political principle problems programme projects public administration public management public services re-engineering reinvention relationships service delivery shaping significance social security specific strategy suppliers Taylor telecommunica telecommunications networks telephone tion universal service users
References to this book
The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy, Volume 3 Michael Moran,Martin Rein,Robert E. Goodin Limited preview - 2006 |
Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age Malcolm Peltu,Margaret Bruce No preview available - 1999 |