Governing in the Information Age

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Open University Press, 1998 - Political Science - 196 pages
Provides a critical assessment of the significance of the so-called information age to contemporary government, taking into account various perspectives on the relationship between information technology and social change in the context of British governance. In particular, the volume assesses current debates on the New Public Management, the reinvention of government, the new public consumerism and "electronic democracy" in light of these perspectives. It also evaluates policy stances towards the "information superhighway" and the likely effects on future public services. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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new technologies
33
Forging hightech public services
64
citizenship and democracy in
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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.

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