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'Governing Electronically shows how e-government is transforming practices of government and citizenship today. At the same time, it insists that modern government was machinic long before the advent of computers. Capturing the novelty of e-government, while avoiding the hubris that plagues so much writing on the subject, this book will enlighten not just specialists but anyone interested in the genealogy of modern power.' - William Walters, Professor of Political Sociology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
'This book is important because it recognizes that technologies really matter in understanding governmental processes. Paul Henman demonstrates impressive expertise in both information technology and public administration in a major study which furthers our understanding of government in the digital era and highlights important shifts in policy and the changing nature of citizenship.' - Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
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While technology is increasingly a central component for the operation of government, its role is poorly understood. This ground-breaking and insightful book uniquely utilizes Foucault's governmentality approach to examine the nature of contemporary, technologically-facilitated government. Drawing on six detailed case studies of e-government in welfare, health and taxation, the book demonstrates that information technology is more than just a tool for politicians and policy-makers, but contributes to the very substance and reconfiguration of public administration, public policy, power and citizenship. Moreover, governmental changes are analysed in terms of networks, risk, speed, complexity, power and citizenship.
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