ICT and Innovation in the Public Sector: European Studies in the Making of E-Government (Technology, Work and Globalization)

This Book Originates From A Multiple Year Research Project On Ict And Justice In A Number Of Eu Countries. Among The Project's Major Objectives Was The Development Of New Methodologies For Facilitating Ict-based Innovation In The Judiciary. Edited By Francesco Contini, Giovan Francesco Lanzara. This Book Will Be Important Reading For Anyone, Specialist Or Non-specialist, Who Has An Interest In Understanding The Complexities Of The Design Of E-government Systems, In The Problems Associated With The Rise Of 'digital Institutions' And In The Evolution Of Modern Bureaucracy In Contemporary Democracies.--book Jacket. Building Digital Institutions : Ict And The Rise Of Assemblages In Government / Giovan Francesco Lanzara -- How Institutions Are Inscribed In Technical Objects And What It May Mean In The Case Of The Internet / Barbara Czarniawska -- The Regulative Regime Of Technology / Jannis Kallinikos -- Ict, Marketisation And Bureaucracy In The Uk Public Sector : Critique And Reappraisal / Antonio Cordella And Leslie P. Willcocks -- E-justice In Finland And In Italy : Enabling Versus Constraining Models / Marco Fabri -- Aligning Ict And Legal Frameworks In Austria's E-bureaucracy : From Mainframe To The Internet / Stefan Koch And Edward Bernroider -- Institutional Complexity And Functional Simplification : The Case Of Money Claim Online Service In England And Wales / Jannis Kallinikos -- Assemblage-in-the-making : Developing The E-services For The Justice Of The Peace Office In Italy / Marco Velicogna And Francesco Contini -- Ict, Assemblages And Institutionals Contexts : Understanding Multiple Development Paths / Francesco Contini. Edited By Francesco Contini And Giovan Francesco Lanzara. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book originates from a multiple year research project on ICT and justice in a number of EU countries. Among the project's major objectives was the development of new methodologies for facilitating ICT-based innovation in the judiciary. The rise of the Internet offers the public sector a great deal of opportunity for change, and visible changes have taken place in recent years. This book offers fresh and original perspectives on the emerging institutional landscape of the Internet based public services. The contributing chapters investigate, empirically and theoretically, the multiple development paths that characterize the adoption of ICT in the public sector bureaucracy. Reporting on recent European development experiences in the area of justice, it throws light on how ICT shapes the institutions of the public sector, and, conversely, it shows how the normative rules and the institutional structures of the bureaucracy constrain and channel the design of the new technologies. The book is an important reading for anyone, specialist or non specialist, who has an interest in understanding the complexities of the design of e-government systems, in the problems associated with the rise of 'digital institutions' and in the evolution of modern bureaucracy in contemporary democracies The rise of the Internet offers the public sector a great deal of opportunity for change, and visible changes have taken place in recent years. This book offers fresh and original perspectives on the emerging institutional landscape of the Internet based public services. The contributing chapters investigate, empirically and theoretically, the multiple development paths that characterize the adoption of ICT in the public sector bureaucracy. Reporting on recent European development experiences in the area of justice, it throws light on how ICT shapes the institutions of the public sector, and, conversely, it shows how the normative rules and the institutional structures of the bureaucracy constrain and channel the design of the new technologies. The book is an important reading for anyone, specialist or non specialist, who has an interest in understanding the complexities of the design of e-government systems, in the problems associated with the rise of 1digital institutions2 and in the evolution of modern bureaucracy in contemporary democracies.--Résumé de l'éditeur Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Building digital institutions: ICT and the rise of assemblages in government....Pages 9-48 How institutions are inscribed in technical objects and what it may mean in the case of the Internet....Pages 49-65 The regulative regime of technology....Pages 66-87 ICT, marketisation and bureaucracy in the UK public sector: critique and reappraisal....Pages 88-111 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 E-justice in Finland and in Italy: enabling versus constraining models....Pages 115-146 Aligning ICT and legal frameworks in Austria’s e-bureaucracy: from mainframe to the Internet....Pages 147-173 Institutional complexity and functional simplification: the case of money claim online service in England and Wales....Pages 174-210 Assemblage-in-the-making: developing the e-services for the justice of the peace office in Italy....Pages 211-243 ICT, assemblages and institutional contexts: understanding multiple development paths....Pages 244-271 Back Matter....Pages 273-278