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Open Government

Opportunities and Challenges for Public Governance

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Editors:
  1. Mila Gascó-Hernández

    1. Barcelona, Spain

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  • Provides insightful analysis about those factors that are critical when designing, implementing and evaluating open government initiatives
  • Discusses how contextual factors affect open government initiatives’ success or failure
  • Explores the existence of theoretical models of open government Proposes strategies to move forward and to address future challenges in an international context
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Public Administration and Information Technology (PAIT, volume 4)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Open Governments and Their Cultural Transitions

    • Esteve Sanz
    Pages 1-15

  3. E-Government Practices in South American Countries: Echoing a Global Trend or Really Improving Governance? The Experiences of Colombia, Chile, and Brazil

    • Pablo Sanabria, Cristian Pliscoff, Ricardo Gomes
    Pages 17-36

  4. Can Open-Government Models Contribute to More Collaborative Ways of Governance?

    • Evika Karamagioli, Eleni-Revekka Staiou, Dimitris Gouscos
    Pages 37-50

  5. Open Government in the Basque Country

    • Mentxu Ramilo Araujo, Alberto Ortiz de Zárate Tercero, Iñaki Ortiz Sánchez, Venan Llona Parriel
    Pages 51-63

  6. Design and Implementation of Open-Government Initiatives at the Sub-National Level: Lessons from Italian Cases

    • Benedetta Trivellato, Roberto Boselli, Dario Cavenago
    Pages 65-84

  7. The Impacts of Social Media on Government and Democracy: An Examination of Municipal Usage in Nova Scotia, Canada

    • Karan Riarh, Jeffrey Roy
    Pages 85-99

  8. Understanding the Dynamics of Open Data: From Sweeping Statements to Complex Contextual Interactions

    • Albert Meijer, Josta de Hoog, Mark van Twist, Martijn van der Steen, Jorren Scherpenisse
    Pages 101-114

  9. Barriers and Development Directions for the Publication and Usage of Open Data: A Socio-Technical View

    • Anneke Zuiderwijk, Marijn Janssen
    Pages 115-135

  10. Open Data: European Ambitions and Local Efforts. Experiences from Austria

    • Isabell Egger-Peitler, Tobias Polzer
    Pages 137-154

  11. Realizing Data Sharing: The Role of Spatial Data Infrastructures

    • Glenn Vancauwenberghe, Ezra Dessers, Joep Crompvoets, Danny Vandenbroucke
    Pages 155-169

  12. Policy-Making 2.0: Unleashing the Power of Big Data for Public Governance

    • Gianluca Misuraca, Francesco Mureddu, David Osimo
    Pages 171-188

  13. Open Government Collaboration

    • Jörn von Lucke, Katharina Große
    Pages 189-204

  14. The Role of Open Government in Smart Cities

    • Marc Garriga-Portolà, Júlia López-Ventura
    Pages 205-216
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About this book

On January 2009, President Obama signed the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government. The memorandum declares the new Administration’s commitment to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government and establishing a system linking three principles: transparency, public participation and collaboration. Since then, federal agencies in the United States and public administrations around the world have embarked on open government initiatives and have worked to redefine their relationship with citizens and with each other. On September 20th, 2011, eight governments gathered in New York City to launch the Open Government Partnership, a new multilateral initiative to promote open government. The benefits attributed to open government are many and by no means universally shared. They include the claims that open government leads to more effective decision making and services, safeguards against corruption, enables public scrutiny, and promotes citizens’ trust in government. However, the speed of events and pressure to implement has given rise to confusion and ambiguity. Although many of the initiatives have been based on opening data and on promoting open action, governments have followed different directions and interpretations when it has come to implement them and development of open government has become unequal and heterogeneous. This book provides a comprehensive study of recent major developments of open government around the world, and analyzes the importance of open government efforts for public governance, making it of interest to academics and practitioners worldwide.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Barcelona, Spain

    Mila Gascó-Hernández

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Open Government

  • Book Subtitle: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Governance

  • Editors: Mila Gascó-Hernández

  • Series Title: Public Administration and Information Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9563-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-9562-8Published: 21 February 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5426-1Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-9563-5Published: 21 February 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2512-1812

  • Series E-ISSN: 2512-1839

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 216

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Public Administration, Political Science, Comparative Politics

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