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Governing Electronically: E-Government and the Reconfiguration of Public Administration, Policy and Power
Paul Henman
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Description for Governing Electronically: E-Government and the Reconfiguration of Public Administration, Policy and Power
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; JPR; UBJ; UBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
479g
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230205888
SKU
V9780230205888
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99-15
About Paul Henman
PAUL HENMAN is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He holds degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics and Sociology. His research focuses on the nexus between information technologies, public administration and government policy processes. His previous book was Administering Welfare Reform: International Transformations in Welfare Governance (edited with Menno Fenger).
Reviews for Governing Electronically: E-Government and the Reconfiguration of Public Administration, Policy and Power
'Governing Electronically shows how e-government is transforming practices of government and citizenship today. At the same time, it insists that modern government was machinic long before the advent of computers. Capturing the novelty of e-government, while avoiding the hubris that plagues so much writing on the subject, this book will enlighten not just specialists but anyone interested in the genealogy ... Read more