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Electronic Government - Design, Applications, and Management, by å Grönlund

Electronic Government - Design, Applications, and Management, by å Grönlund Information Polity 8 (2003) 193–199 IOS Press Book Reviews Ã…. Gr¨ nlund, Electronic Government – Design, Applications, and Management. Idea Group Publishing, o 2002. ¨ In this book, Ã…ke Gronlund gives an overview of research on the significance of ICT in the public sector. A public sector model with three nodes – formal politics, administration and civil society – is presented as an underlying framework for the contributions to this volume. The nodes are interrelated in a complex process dominated by organisational change and the introduction of IT. In his introduction, the editor sketches the main arguments of the sixteen contributions in terms of the public sector framework. The book is divided into three parts: design, applications and management. 1. Design Gr¨ nlund’s introductory chapter gives a brief overview of international eGovernment developments, o including those of the EU, in which he points at the predominance of a technical and economic dimension, at the expense of a more social dimension. He goes on with an overview of eGovernment definitions, applications, management issues, and general ‘eGov issues’. In the next chapter, Janlert discusses the clash between existing ideals for decision and action, and the potential of new ICT. Just http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Information Polity IOS Press

Electronic Government - Design, Applications, and Management, by å Grönlund

Information Polity , Volume 8 (3) – Jan 1, 2003

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Information Polity 8 (2003) 193–199 IOS Press Book Reviews Å. Gr¨ nlund, Electronic Government – Design, Applications, and Management. Idea Group Publishing, o 2002. ¨ In this book, Åke Gronlund gives an overview of research on the significance of ICT in the public sector. A public sector model with three nodes – formal politics, administration and civil society – is presented as an underlying framework for the contributions to this volume. The nodes are interrelated in a complex process dominated by organisational change and the introduction of IT. In his introduction, the editor sketches the main arguments of the sixteen contributions in terms of the public sector framework. The book is divided into three parts: design, applications and management. 1. Design Gr¨ nlund’s introductory chapter gives a brief overview of international eGovernment developments, o including those of the EU, in which he points at the predominance of a technical and economic dimension, at the expense of a more social dimension. He goes on with an overview of eGovernment definitions, applications, management issues, and general ‘eGov issues’. In the next chapter, Janlert discusses the clash between existing ideals for decision and action, and the potential of new ICT. Just

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