Governance.com : Democracy in the Information Age.
Title:
Governance.com : Democracy in the Information Age.
Author:
Kamarck, Elaine C.
ISBN:
9780815798613
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (204 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Information Technology and Democratic Governance -- Failure in the Cybermarketplace of Ideas -- James Madison on Cyberdemocracy -- The Impact of the Internet on Civic Life: An Early Assessment -- Revolution, What Revolution? The Internet and U. S. Elections, 1992- 2000 -- Political Campaigning on the Internet: Business as Usual? -- Catching Voters in the Web -- Toward a Theory of Federal Bureaucracy for the Twenty- First Century -- Information Age Governance: Just the Start of Something Big? -- Power and Interdependence in the Information Age -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Advances in information technology are transforming democratic governance. Power over information has become decentralized, fostering new types of community and different roles for government. This volumedeveloped by the Visions of Governance in the 21st Century program at the Kennedy School of Governmentexplores the ways in which the information revolution is changing our institutions of governance. Contributors examine the impact of technology on our basic institutions and processes of governance, including representation, community, politics, bureaucracy, and sovereignty. Their essays illuminate many of the promises and challenges of twenty-first century government. The contributors (all from Harvard unless otherwise indicated) include Joseph S. Nye Jr., Arthur Isak Applbaum, Dennis Thompson, William A. Galston (University of Maryland), L. Jean Camp, Pippa Norris, Anna Greenberg, Elaine Ciulla Kamarck, David C. King, Jane Fountain, Jerry Mechling, and Robert O. Keohane (Duke University).
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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