E-government in Europe : re-booting the state / edited by Paul G. Nixon and Vassiliki N. Koutrakou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nixon, Paul, 1957-

Koutrakou, Vassiliki N., 1962-

Series:

Routledge advances in European politics ; 42.

Routledge advances in European politics ; 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet in public administration--Europe.

Internet in public administration.

Europe--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

This book traces the development of e-government and its applications across Europe, exploring the effects of information and communication technology (ICTs) upon political action and processes.

The authors explore a range of concepts and topics underpinning e-government in Europe and assess: The degree to which e-government translates into genuine reform of government and public administration. Its democratic amelioration credentials in relation to citizenship and participation. The dual role of the EU as both a provider of e-government through its own internal activities and also as a facilitator or aggregator in the way it seeks to engender change and promote its ethos in member states across the EU. Cyberterrorism and its use both by terrorists and governments to pursue political agendas.

The book also features a number of in-depth case studies on the progress of e-government in the UK. France, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary, and Estonia. Reflecting on the broader techno-cultural context within which the ICTs are utilized by governments in Europe, these case studies address the above issues while at the same time highlighting commonality and diversity in practice and the paradox between top-down strategies and the effort to engage wider civil participation via e-government.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of public policy, politics, media and communication studies, sociology, computing and information and communications technologies and European studies.

Contents:

E-government and democratic politics / by Mike Margolis

Ctrl, alt, delete : re-booting the European Union via e-government / by Paul Nixon

E-government under construction : challenging traditional conceptions of citizenship / by Miriam Lips

Danger mouse? : the growing threat of cyberterrorism / by Rajash Rawal

E-government and the United Kingdom / by Nicholas Pleace

The digital republic : re-newing the French state via e-government / by Fabienne Greffet

E-government in Germany / by Tina Siegfried

Re-organizing government using it : the Danish model / by Kim Viborg Andersen, Helle Zinne Henriksen & Eva Born Rasmussen

E-government in the Netherlands : from strategy to impact : the pursuit of high-volume, high-impact citizen e-services in the Netherlands / by Martin van Rossum and Desirée Dreessen

The reform and modernization of Greek public administration via e-government / by Vassiliki N. Koutrakou

Alt-tab : from ICTS to organisational innovation in Portugal / by Gustavo Cardoso and Tiago Lapa

Estonia : the short road to e-government and e-democracy / by Marc Ernsdorff and Adriana Berbec

This revolution will be digitised! : e-government in Hungary / by Katalin Szalóki and Paul G. Nixon

E-government and Slovenia's multiple transitions / by Darren Purcell and Aaron Champion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415401860

9780415401869

0203962389

9780203962381

OCLC:

70219958