Efficiency Versus Democracy: Policy Trends and Assessment of State E-government

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dc.contributor.advisorJaeger, Paul T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, David Adamen_US
dc.contributor.departmentLibrary & Information Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-07T05:30:50Z
dc.date.available2008-08-07T05:30:50Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-05en_US
dc.description.abstractAssessments of E-government literature have noted a lack of both broadly-drawn studies and policy-oriented research. This paper addresses this gap through a systematic, content-based assessment of E-government strategic planning documents from 37 states, meant to determine the holistic policy orientation of American E-government. Specifically, this study tests the proposition that state E-government policies can be said to exhibit either an evolutionary or revolutionary orientation towards affecting desired changes in matters of efficiency, democracy, or both. This orientational framework is drawn from examples found in federal E-government policy and academic E-government literature. It is also used to outline biases of existing E-government implementation models, and to frame discussion of a model for gauging progress in "E-democracy." Other issues explored include the ultimate legitimacy of an E-government that fails to implement democracy-oriented tools, the potential Constitutional conflicts of a transformative approach to E-government, and the wisdom of re-conceptualizing citizens as "customers."en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8318
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledInformation Scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPolitical Science, Public Administrationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledE-governmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledelectronic governmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledE-democracyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinformation policyen_US
dc.titleEfficiency Versus Democracy: Policy Trends and Assessment of State E-governmenten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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