1st Edition

Advances in E-Governance Theory and Application of Technological Initiatives

By Anthony Trotta Copyright 2018
206 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

206 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

E-Governance as a field of study is relatively new when considered within the broader historical context of US democracy. The advent of the modern Internet in the early 1990s yielded new technologies that began to shift citizen expectations of how government can -- and in many cases should -- govern. Though innovations continue to emerge at a rapid pace, these technologies may be used to... Read more

Chapter One: Introduction: E-Government and E-Governance

Chapter Two: E-Governance Era: Paradigm Shifts and Megatrends, Janus Face of Technology, Digital Divide, and the Hype Curve/Hype Cycle

Chapter Three: Technology Models and Societal Preferences: Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Diffusion of Innovation (DOI), and Web Trust

Chapter Four: Scientific Knowledge, Technocrats, and the Role of the Expert

Chapter Five: Open Innovation, Advancements in Technological Innovation and the Impact of Modern Networks on Participation

Chapter Six: Deliberative Democracy and Citizen Participation

Chapter Seven: Modern Deliberative Democracy Means and Web 2.0 Technology: Social Media and Crowdsourcing

Chapter Eight: Modern Deliberative Democracy Means and Web 2.0 Technology: Suggestion Boxes, Deliberative Mini-Publics, Citizen Review Panels, Deliberative Polls and Public Meetings

Chapter Nine: E-Governance, Deliberative Democracy and Voting Processes: Part One

Chapter Ten: E-Governance, Deliberative Democracy and Voting Processes: Part Two

Biography

Anthony Trotta holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark and has extensive university level teaching and course development experience in public administration and political science (both in the traditional and virtual classroom) at the undergraduate and graduate levels.