E-government in Europe: Re-booting the State (Routledge Advances in European Politics)

This book traces the development of e-government and its applications across Europe, exploring the effects of information and communication technology (ICTs) upon political action and processes. Explores a range of concepts and topics underpinning e-government in Europe: the degree to which e-government translates into genuine reform of government and public administration the dual role of the EU as both a provider of e-government through its own internal activities and also as a facilitator or aggregator in the way it seeks to engender change and promote its ethos in member states across the EU cyberterrorism and its use both by terrorists and governments to pursue political agendas. Featuring in-depth case studies on the progress of e-government in the UK, France, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary, and Estonia. These case studies address the above issues, whilst at the same time highlighting commonality and diversity in practice and the paradox between top-down strategies and the effort to engage wider civil participation via e-government. e-Government in Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of public policy, politics, media and communication studies, computing and information and communications technologies and European studies. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Series-Title......Page 3 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Dedication......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Tables......Page 12 List of figures......Page 13 Notes on contributors......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 18 Introduction......Page 19 1. E-government and democratic politics......Page 30 2. Ctrl, Alt, Delete: Re-booting the European Union via e-government......Page 48 3. E-government under construction: Challenging traditional conceptions of citizenship......Page 62 4. Danger mouse?: The growing threat of cyberterrorism......Page 77 5. E-government and the United Kingdom......Page 90 6. The digital republic: Renewing the French state via e-government......Page 104 7. E-government in Germany......Page 119 8. Re-organising government using IT: The Danish model......Page 132 9. E-government in the Netherlands: From strategy to impact – the pursuit of high-volume, high-impact citizen e-services in the Netherlands......Page 148 10. The reform and modernisation of Greek public administration via e-government......Page 162 11 ‘Alt-Tab’: From ICTs to organisational innovation in Portugal......Page 181 12. Estonia: The short road to e-government and e-democracy......Page 200 13. This revolution will be digitised!: E-government in Hungary......Page 213 14. E-government and Slovenia’s multiple transitions......Page 225 Conclusions......Page 240 Index......Page 246 This book traces the development of e-government and its applications across Europe, exploring the effects of information and communication technology (ICTs) upon political action and processes. It explores a range of concepts and topics underpinning e-government in Europe: the degree to which e-government translates into genuine reform of government and public administration; the dual role of the EU as both a provider of e-government through its own internal activities and also as a facilitator or aggregator in the way it seeks to engender change and promote its ethos in member states across the EU; and cyberterrorism and its use both by terrorists and governments to pursue political agendas. This book features in-depth case studies on the progress of e-government in the UK, France, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary, and Estonia. These case studies address the above issues, whilst at the same time highlighting commonality and diversity in practice and the paradox between top-down strategies and the effort to engage wider civil participation via e-government. "e-Government in Europe" will be of interest to students and scholars of public policy, politics, media and communication studies, computing and information and communications technologies and European studies