Reinventing the Democratic Governance Project through Information Technology? A Growing Agenda for Debate

Postindustrial societies have arrived at a moment of immense democratic and entrepreneurial opportunities that has been made possible by information technology. At the same time, however, these opportunities pose potential threats if they are not debated and planned for in consensually-legitimate wa...

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Published in:Public administration review 2003-01, Vol.63 (1), p.44-60
Main Authors: Kakabadse, Andrew, Kakabadse, Nada K., Kouzmin, Alexander
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Subjects:
Adoption of Innovations
Bureaucracy
Citizen participation
Citizenship
Communities
Community Relations
Culture
Debates
Decision making
Democracy
Direct democracy
Effects
Equal Education
Governance
Government (Administrative Body)
Information Management
Information Technology
Liberalism
Minority & ethnic groups
Opportunities
Personal Autonomy
Policy Analysis
Political debate
Political power
Politics
Public administration
Representative Democracy
Society
Sovereignty
Strategic planning
Technology
Voting
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Bureaucracy
Citizen participation
Citizenship
Communities
Community Relations
Culture
Debates
Decision making
Democracy
Direct democracy
Effects
Equal Education
Governance
Government (Administrative Body)
Information Management
Information Technology
Liberalism
Minority & ethnic groups
Opportunities
Personal Autonomy
Policy Analysis
Political debate
Political power
Politics
Public administration
Representative Democracy
Society
Sovereignty
Strategic planning
Technology
Voting
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