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Digital governance: new technologies for improving public service and participation
pt. 1. Introduction and overview : from formal bureaucracy to digital democracy -- pt. 2. Politics : transforming democracy and bureaucracy -- pt. 3. Administration : implementing online digital governance -- pt. 4. Globalization and interactive citizenship.
The Internet and Increased Citizen Participation in Government
In: JeDEM: eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 1-9
ISSN: 2075-9517
What roles do communication systems, information technologies and the internet play in fostering citizen participation and influencing the electoral and administrative decisions of government? The internet is simultaneously a world-wide broadcasting network, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic boundaries or time zones. This article describes the origins of participatory democracy, discusses how modern concepts of democracy link to citizen participation, and describes the ways that newly-created spaces on the internet referred to as "polispheres" are being used by political activists and candidates to facilitate wider collaboration and citizen participation. The following questions are addressed: What role does the internet play in fostering and aiding citizen participation in government? Does increased involvement lead to greater trust and confidence in government? What role did the internet play in apparently reversing downward trends in citizen apathy and drawing 8 million new voters to the United States 2008 presidential election? The article suggests that information technology facilitates broader citizen participation and identifies the challenges facing governments in adopting internet-based ICT strategies.
The Internet and Increased Citizen Participation in Government
What roles do communication systems, information technologies and the internet play in fostering citizen participation and influencing the electoral and administrative decisions of government? The internet is simultaneously a world-wide broadcasting network, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic boundaries or time zones. This article describes the origins of participatory democracy, discusses how modern concepts of democracy link to citizen participation, and describes the ways that newly-created spaces on the internet referred to as "polispheres" are being used by political activists and candidates to facilitate wider collaboration and citizen participation. The following questions are addressed: What role does the internet play in fostering and aiding citizen participation in government? Does increased involvement lead to greater trust and confidence in government? What role did the internet play in apparently reversing downward trends in citizen apathy and drawing 8 million new voters to the United States 2008 presidential election? The article suggests that information technology facilitates broader citizen participation and identifies the challenges facing governments in adopting internet-based ICT strategies.
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COMPARING BUSH–CHENEY AND CLINTON–GORE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: ARE THEY MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT?
In: Public administration: an international journal, Band 84, Heft 2, S. 461-478
ISSN: 1467-9299
Successful performance management strategies are intrinsically linked to the political environment in which public policy‐making occurs. Since the mid‐1990s, many governments have re‐examined how to simultaneously reduce costs, increase performance and achieve results. Public agencies are experimenting with performance measurement and management systems designed to meet public policy goals and respond to citizen demands. Various reform models have been proposed and public administrators now expend considerable time, effort and resources exchanging 'best practices', finding 'best value', and 'rethinking' government operations. Although equally important, less effort has been devoted to performance management (PM) within increasingly complex, ideologically charged and politicized decision‐making environments. Despite significant increases in productivity, more theoretical and empirical research is needed to assist public managers in applying private market‐based alternatives to public service delivery structures. This article compares the PM initiatives of the Clinton–Gore Administration in the United States, known as the National Performance Review (NPR), with President Bush's Presidential Management Agenda (PMA). Following the comparison, a theory‐based research agenda is proposed to determine which of many approaches best 'fits' the varied and often contradictory systems for delivering public services in a decentralized governance system.
COMPARING BUSH-CHENEY AND CLINTON-GORE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: ARE THEY MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT?
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Band 84, Heft 2, S. 461-478
ISSN: 0033-3298
Book Reviews
In: The American review of public administration: ARPA, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 133-134
ISSN: 1552-3357
Improving Customer Service in Government
In: The public manager: the new bureaucrat, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 5-10
ISSN: 1061-7639
Enhancing the quality and productivity of state and local government
In: National civic review: promoting civic engagement and effective local governance for more than 100 years, Band 79, Heft 3, S. 266-276
ISSN: 1542-7811
AbstractTotal quality management (TQM) is a theory‐based option which allows public managers to reward truly exceptional individual performance while increasing the capacity for agency‐wide cooperation and process improvement. TQM techniques are being applied extensively in federal agencies and provide a promising model for launching a similar quality‐improvement strategy at the state and local levels. This article presents a brief overview of current federal quality‐improvement applications, examines the origins of TQM, describes how the philosophies of leading quality theorists apply, and offers guidelines for overcoming barriers to TQM implementation.
Total Quality Management for Public Sector Productivity Improvement
In: Public Productivity & Management Review, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 19
Enhancing the quality and productivity of state and local government
In: National civic review: publ. by the National Municipal League, Band 79, S. 266-276
ISSN: 0027-9013
Enhancing the Quality and Productivity of State and Local Government
In: National civic review: publ. by the National Municipal League, Band 79, Heft 3, S. 266
ISSN: 0027-9013