Wiki government : how technology can make government better, democracy stronger, and citizens more powerful / Beth Simone Noveck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noveck, Beth Simone.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--Technological innovations--United States.

Political participation.

Wikis (Computer science)--Political aspects--United States.

Wikis (Computer science).

Patent practice--Technological innovations--United States--Case studies.

Patent practice.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In explaining how to enhance political institutions with the power of networks, examines the Peer-to-Patent project. Discusses its design challenges faced in creating software to distill online collaboration into useful expertise. Explains how law, policy, and technology can be revamped to help government work in more open, participatory ways"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: Collaborative Democracy and the Changing Nature of Expertise; Chapter 1: Peer-to-Patient: A Modest Proposal; Chapter 2: The Single Point of Failure; Part Two: Peer-to-Patient and the Patent Challenge; Chapter 3: Patents and the Information Deficit; Chapter 4: Designing for Collaborative Democracy; Part Three: Thinking in WIKI; Chapter 5: Social Life of Information; Chapter 6: History of Citizen Participation; Chapter 7: Citizen Participation in a Collaborative Democracy; Chapter 8: Lessons Learned; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and index.

ISBN:

9786612131608

9781282131606

1282131605

9780815703464

0815703465

OCLC:

430819712