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TY - JOUR
T1 - E-Government to E-Democracy: Communicative Mechanisms of Governance.
AU - Bishop, Patrick
AU - Anderson, Lori
N1 - RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Politics and International Studies
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - Significant claims have been made that developments in e-government can lead to e-democracy. However, the 'league tables' that are regularly published rating different governments' performance and the laudatory tones in which governments identify their own actions as more democratic in the field of e-government need to be treated with some caution. Assessments of democratisation can be marred by the enthusiasm of technological determinists or governments themselves. This paper reviews aspects of this literature, empirical data gathering and e-democracy trials and advances a possible framework for assessing the democratic merits of technological innovations.
AB - Significant claims have been made that developments in e-government can lead to e-democracy. However, the 'league tables' that are regularly published rating different governments' performance and the laudatory tones in which governments identify their own actions as more democratic in the field of e-government need to be treated with some caution. Assessments of democratisation can be marred by the enthusiasm of technological determinists or governments themselves. This paper reviews aspects of this literature, empirical data gathering and e-democracy trials and advances a possible framework for assessing the democratic merits of technological innovations.
U2 - 10.1300/J399v02n01_02
DO - 10.1300/J399v02n01_02
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
SP - 5
EP - 26
JO - Journal of E-Government
JF - Journal of E-Government
SN - 1542-4057
IS - 1
ER -