Governing in the Information Age

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-335-19450-6
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 331 g

Reihe: Public Policy and Management

This ground-breaking study provides a balanced investigation into the significance of the so-called 'information age' to contemporary government. It examines available perspectives on the relationship between information and communication technology and social change, and applies them to the organization and practice of governing and governance in the UK. In particular, it assesses current debates on the New Public Management, the reinvention of government, the new public consumerism and 'electronic democracy' in the light of these perspectives. It explores policy stances towards the 'information superhighway' andthe likely effects on future public services.

The authors believe that the capabilities associated with information and communication technologies are of immense potential significance for government. At the same time, the authors adopt a critical stance towards the assumption that information-age technology will lead directly and quickly to dramatic or radical change. A key theme of the book, therefore, is the power of existing governmental institutions and traditions and how these shape and contain technologically-supported innovation. It is in developing this theme that the book makes its major theoretical contribution to public administration and management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bellamy

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Öffentlicher Dienst, Öffentlicher Sektor
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Public Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Contexts for governing in the information age
Reengineering the government machine
new technologies and organizational change
Forging high-tech public services
The search for renewal
citizenship and democracy in the information age
Wiring up for the information age
telecommunications and public services
Understanding the information polity
Appendices
References
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Christine Bellamy is Professor of Public Administration and Head of Politics at the Nottingham Trent University. Together with other colleagues at NTU she has published extensively on the application of new technologies in British central and local government. She is a former Chair of the Joint University Council's Public Administration Committee.

John A. Taylor is Professor of Public Management at Glasgow Caledonian University, and has previously worked for the ESRC PICT at Newcastle University and at Strathclyde University. He has published widely on telecommunications policy, and on new technology and organizational change, with particular reference to public administration and management.