Governance.com : democracy in the information age / / Elaine Ciulla Kamarck and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., editors ; Visions of Governance in the 21st Century

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818830403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0-8157-9861-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KamarckElaine C; NyeJoseph S
• Disciplina: 320.973/0285
• Soggetti: Information society - Political aspects - United States; Information technology - Political aspects - United States; Internet - Political aspects - United States; Political participation - United States - Computer network resources; United States Politics and government 2001-2009 Computer network resources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Information technology and democratic governance/ Joseph S. Nye Jr.-- Failure in the cybermarketplace of ideas/ Arthur Isak Applbaum-- James Madison on cyberdemocracy/ Dennis Thompson-- The impact of the Internet on civic life: an early assessment/ William A. Galston-- Revolution, what revolution? the Internet and U.S. elections, 1992--2000/ Pippa Norris-- Political campaigning on the Internet: business as usual?/ Elaine Ciulla Kamarck-- Catching voters in the web/ David C. King-- Toward a theory of federal bureaucracy for the twenty-first century/ Jane E. Fountain-- Information age governance: just the start of something big?/ Jerry Mechling.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Brookings Institution Press and Visions of Governance for the 21st Century publication Advances in information technology are transforming democratic governance. Power over information has become decentralized, fostering new types of community and different roles for government. This volume--developed by the Visions of Governance in the 21st Century program at the Kennedy School of ; Government--explores the ways in which the information revolution is changing our institutions of governance. Contributors examine the impact of technology on our basic institutions and processes of governance, including representation, community, politics, bureaucracy, and sovereignty. Their essays illuminate many of the promises and challenges of twenty-first century government. The contributors (all from Harvard unless otherwise indicated) include Joseph S. Nye Jr., Arthur Isak Applbaum, Dennis Thompson, William A. Galston (University of Maryland), L. Jean Camp, Pippa Norris, Anna Greenberg, Elaine Ciulla Kamarck, David C. King, Jane Fountain, Jerry Mechling, and Robert O. Keohane (Duke University).