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(More customer reviews)This book offers a useful account of e-government in Europe. Of the ten countries under review in the European Union, they include both richer and poorer countries as well as 'old European' and 'new' countries.
E-government means more than modernising the public sector and developing new forms of public service delivery. E-government is also about creating a 'new government' to stimulate citizen participation in the decision-making process. E-government strategies tend to be developed through 'top-down' communication schemes and they treat the citizen as a customer.
Of particular significance is the Estonian local election in 2005 being the first worldwide to use 'e-voting'. Although it failed to increase electoral turnout, there were no attempts of hacking reported. Internet voting was supported by a majority of Estonians.
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This book traces the development of e-government and its applications across Europe, exploring the effects of information and communication technology (ICTs) upon political action and processes. Explores a range of concepts and topics underpinning e-government in Europe:the degree to which e-government translates into genuine reform of government and public administration the dual role of the EU as both a provider of e-government through its own internal activities and also as a facilitator or aggregator in the way it seeks to engender change and promote its ethos in member states across the EU cyberterrorism and its use both by terrorists and governments to pursue political agendas. Featuring in-depth case studies on the progress of e-government in the UK, France, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary, and Estonia. These case studies address the above issues, whilst at the same time highlighting commonality and diversity in practice and the paradox between top-down strategies and the effort to engage wider civil participation via e-government. e-Government in Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of public policy, politics, media and communication studies, computing and information and communications technologies and European studies.
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