Overview
- Explores the reconfiguration of democratic and managerial governance within democratic societies due to the advent of technological mobility
- Analyses the appropriateness and impacts of the technological investments and initiatives undertaken by governments
- Examines the prospects for holistic adaptation of democratic and managerial systems going forward?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Public Administration and Information Technology (PAIT, volume 2)
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About this book
The Westminster-stylized model of Parliamentary democratic governance is out of step with today’s digitally and socially networked world. The resulting context for public sector governance brings both promise and peril – with profound consequences for public servants, elected officials, and citizens alike. This book presents a timely and thorough examination of the main sources of tension between the political and administrative foundations of the traditional state apparatus, commonly referred to as ‘machinery’, and newly emerging alternative governance mindsets and mechanisms driven by the advent of ‘mobility’. Consistent with the emergence of Government 2.0, some of the critical technological and organizational dimensions of mobility include openness, cloud computing, privacy and security, and social media. Furthermore, a more informed, educated, and connected citizenry creates new pressures and opportunities for public engagement, particularly online. Blending conceptual and empirical perspectives from Canada and many other jurisdictions around the world, this book aims to provide scholars, students, and practitioners of democratic and public sector governance with fresh insight into both the prospects for reform and the critical choices that lie ahead for governments and citizens in an increasingly mobile and participative age.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Machinery to Mobility
Book Subtitle: Government and Democracy in a Participative Age
Authors: Jeffrey Roy
Series Title: Public Administration and Information Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7221-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-7220-9Published: 01 June 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9436-3Published: 08 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7221-6Published: 01 June 2013
Series ISSN: 2512-1812
Series E-ISSN: 2512-1839
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 132
Topics: Public Administration, Innovation/Technology Management, Comparative Politics