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Zusatztext ...an important new book... Informationen zum Autor Patrick Dunleavy is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and worked in the Department of Government at LSE from 1979 to 2020. He is also Emeritus Professor of Government at the University of Canberra, where he was Centenary Professor (2015-21). A Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences, he also served as Founding Editor in Chief at LSE Press from 2020 to 2024. He was Director of the UK Democratic Audit from 2013-20. His recent books include The UK's Changing Democracy: the 2018 Democratic Audit (open access from LSE Press, 2018, co-edited); and Maximizing the Impacts of Academic Research (Palgrave, 2021, now Bloomsbury Press, co-authored with Jane Tinkler). Klappentext This book explores the world of e-government - the use by government of IT to interact with citizens, businesses, and other governments - and the significant role of IT corporations in this process in seven countries. Government information systems are big business (around 1.5% of GDP) and critical to all aspects of public policy and operations. Zusammenfassung This book explores the world of e-government - the use by government of IT to interact with citizens, businesses, and other governments - and the significant role of IT corporations in this process in seven countries. Government information systems are big business (around 1.5% of GDP) and critical to all aspects of public policy and operations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Information Technology and Public Policymaking 1: The Theory of Modern Bureaucracy and the Neglected Role of IT 2: Acquiring and Managing Government IT 3: The Comparative Performance of Government IT 4: Explaining Performance I: Government Institutions, New Public Management and Bureaucratic Cultures 5: Explaining Performance II: Competitive Tension and the Power of the IT Industry 6: Taxation: Re-Modernizing Legacy IT and Getting Taxpayers Online 7: Social Security: Managing Mass Payment and Responding to Welfare State Change 8: Immigration: Technology Changes and Adminstrative Renewal 9: New Public Management is Dead - Long Live Digital Era Governance Afterword: Looking Ahead on Technology Trends, Industry Organization, and Government IT ...
