Abstract
This article comments on the assumption that e-governance and e-democracy are essentially policy decisions made by governments to improve governance practices and revitalize democracy, and that these projects materialize by implementing new information and communication technology (ICT). It investigates the social and political context within which these projects emerge, and evaluates the role of technology discourse in the legitimation of a given political culture and a given constellation of power. The article proposes an alternative model which sees e-governance and e-democracy as contradictory trends, and explains that a project of egovernance might actually exacerbate the democratic deficit which e-democracy is set to solve.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of Governance |
| Editors | David Levi-Faur |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 569-583 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191749483 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199560530 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 18 Sep 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The several contributors 2012. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Democratic deficit
- E-democracy
- E-governance
- Governance practices
- Ict
- Policy decisions
- Political culture