Systems thinking and e-participation [electronic resource] : ICT in the governance of society / [edited by] Jos�e Rodrigo C�ordoba-Pach�on, Alejandro Elias Ochoa-Arias.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.Description: electronic texts (xxi, 349 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781605668611 (ebook)
- Internet in public administration -- Cross-cultural studies
- Political participation -- Computer networks -- Cross-cultural studies
- Communication in politics
- E-government in developing regions
- E-government for small and medium enterprises
- E-government systems architecture
- E-systems for public health
- Emerging forms of community interaction
- Governmental technologies in present-day
- Holistic approaches to e-government
- ICTs and government
- Internet and political parties
- Patterns of e-government development
- Technology and government
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- JF1525.A8 S98 2010e
- Also available in print.

Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction / Jos�e-Rodrigo C�ordoba, Alejandro Ochoa-Arias -- 2. The problem of governance from an autopoietic perspective (and a critical comment on the role of ICT) / Amanda Gregory -- 3. Technology and government / Alejandro Ochoa-Arias -- 4. Patterns for e-government development / Jos�e-Rodrigo C�ordoba -- 5. Shifting discourses on e-government / Jos�e-Rodrigo C�ordoba, Kevin Orr -- 6. E-system for public health in India / Rajneesh Chowdhury, Deepankar Medhi -- 7. E- government systems architecture / Ioannis Savvas, Elias Pimenidis, Alexander Sideridis -- 8. A holistic approach to e-government / Angela Espinosa, Ahmed Al-Maimani -- 9. Electronic government implementation projects with multiple agencies / Alvaro Junqueira, Eduardo Diniz, Marcelo Fernandez -- 10. Beyond e-procurement / Jos�e-Rodrigo C�ordoba-Pach�on, Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro -- 11. Online communities / Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin -- 12. Ways of citizen learning / Mar�ia-�Angela Petrizzo-P�aez, Francisco-Javier Palm-Rojas -- 13. Articulated planning / Jacinto D�avila, Ana Reyes -- 14. Building the digital government in regions / J. Criado -- 15. The process of e-government public policy inclusion in the governmental agenda / Federico Monteverde -- 16. A historical perspective of the development of e-gov in Brazil / Alexandre Barbosa, �Alvaro Junqueira, Eduardo Diniz, Ot�avio Prado -- 17. E-government and its evaluation in south east Europe / Endrit Kromidha, Jos�e-Rodrigo C�ordoba --
18. Internet and political parties in Chile / Eduardo Moreno, Diego Barr�ia, Gustavo Campos -- 19. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and government / Alejandro Ochoa-Arias, Mari�angela Petrizzo.
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This book provides a systemic-based inquiry platform to explore boundaries, limits, and advantages of information and communication technology use in the public decision making processes. With theoretical and practical contributions, this publication examines the impact of governmental technologies useful to those involved with politics, sociology, and information systems.
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