1st Edition

E-government in Europe Re-booting the State

Edited By Paul G. Nixon, Vassiliki N. Koutrakou Copyright 2007
    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    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.

    Introduction

    by Paul Nixon and Vassiliki Koutrakou

    Chapter 1 E-government and Democratic Politics

    by Mike Margolis

    Chapter 2 Ctrl, Alt, Delete: Re-booting the European Union via E-government

    By Paul Nixon

    Chapter 3 E-government under Construction: Challenging Traditional Conceptions of Citizenship

    by Miriam Lips

    Chapter 4 Danger Mouse? The Growing Threat of Cyberterrorism

    By Rajash Rawal

    Chapter 5 E-government and the United Kingdom

    By Nicholas Pleace

    Chapter 6 The Digital Republic: Re-newing the French State via E-government

    By Fabienne Greffet

    Chapter 7 E-government in Germany

    By Tina Siegfried

    Chapter 8 Re-organizing Government using IT: The Danish Model

    By Kim Viborg Andersen, Helle Zinne Henriksen & Eva Born Rasmussen

    Chapter 9 E-government in the Netherlands: ‘From Strategy to Impact – The Pursuit for High Volume High Impact Citizens’ E-services in The Netherlands’

    By Martin van Rossum and Desirée Dreessen

    Chapter 10 The Reform and Modernization of Greek Public Administration via E-government

    By Vassiliki N. Koutrakou

    Chapter 11 ‘ALT-TAB’: From ICTs to Organizational Innovation in Portugal

    By Gustavo Cardoso and Tiago Lapa

    Chapter 12 Estonia: The Short Road to E-government and E-democracy

    By Marc Ernsdorff and Adriana Berbec

    Chapter 13 This Revolution will be Digitized! E-government in Hungary

    By Katalin Szalóki and Paul Nixon

    Chapter 14 E-government and Slovenia’s Multiple Transitions

    By Darren Purcell

    Conclusions

    By Paul G. Nixon and Vassiliki N. Koutrakou

    Biography

    Nixon, Paul G.; Koutrakou, Vassiliki N.