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The Place of Citizens, Civil Society Organizations and Parliaments in E-Government
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Vyshnevsky, Andriy: Development of electronic government as a key element of electronic democracy in Ukraine
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This policy analysis dwells with a relatively new sphere of democratic life, especially in Eastern Europe – electronic democracy. It provides a general context of the information society and electronic democracy. The author elaborates on the place, role and importance of the electronic government in postindustrial societies. He also gives definition, theoretical principles of the electronic government, and some international experience in the field. Having provided this framework Andriy Vyshnevsky presents his account of the state of the issue in Ukraine.
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OECD: Promise and Problems of E-Democracy: Challenges of Online Citizen Engagement.
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The e-book examines the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in engaging citizens in policy-making in OECD member countries. It includes an executive summary highlighting the main policy lessons for using ICTs to provide information, opportunities for consultation and public participation in policy-making. It suggests 10 guiding principles for successful online consultation and identifies five key challenges for online citizen engagement in policy-making.
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Norris, Pippa: Deeping Democracy through E-Governance.
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Given the spread of e-governance during the last decade, have new information and communication technologies actually served to strengthen good governance and deepen democracy, as proponents claim? To consider these issues, Part I discusses the appropriate normative standards derived from democratic theory for evaluating the role of new information and communication technologies in the public sector. Part II describes the data. This study compares evidence derived from content analysis of national government departmental websites conducted in 191 nations worldwide by CYprg from 1997 to 2000. Part III analyzes how far the content of government websites in these countries fulfill the information, communication and action functions. Part IV focuses upon specific case studies of how e-voting works in practice. The conclusion summarizes the findings and reflects on the lessons for good practice in e-governance.
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Geiselhart, Karin: Citizen Engagement: the Next Horizon for Digital Government.
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The publication looks at the ways governments are repositioning themselves to adapt to an information age. The author argues that many agencies have only recently realized that delivering information and services online is just the start of a long pathway to meeting expectations of the new ‘digerati’. The study aims at giving an overview of the new arenas for digital citizenship. After briefly outlining the kinds of democratic protocols that might allow it to flourish, it focuses on electronic consultation in the context of active citizenship and citizen engagement.
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Bjola, Corneliu: Strategies for Developing Information Societies: The Case of Romania.
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The solution proposed by this study consists in recommending the implementation of a reformist agenda of e-governance based on two pillars: robust development of public sector information and large-scale application of Information and Communication Technologies. In conceptual terms, this strategy is assumed to produce a gradual shift from the citizen-as-customer to the more participative citizen-as-shareholder model of governance. In concrete terms, the medium-term benefits of this policy are political (enhancing the democratization process, increasing political accountability, and improving the tattered government-citizen relationship), economic (combating corruption, creating a transparent and competitive economic environment, and speeding up standard administrative processes for citizens and business), and social (restoring public trust, rebuilding social capital, and increasing the transparency, quality and efficiency of public services).
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Cisar, Ondrej: Strategies for Using Information Technologies for Curbing Public-Sector Corruption: The Case of the Czech Republic.
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The ultimate goal of the research is to propose methods for curbing public-sector corruption with the help of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Distinguishing between several types of corruption, the author argues that all types of petty bureaucratic corruption can be powerfully diminished through the increased transparency achieved by using modern electronic media. According to Cisar, generally, the employment of the Internet in the administrative proceedings in all fields of public administration brings more transparency; therefore, it minimizes the opportunities for public officials to monopolize access to relevant information and to extract bribes from their clients. In his opinion, the employment of ICTs can also powerfully foster the anticorruption struggle against self-serving asset stripping by state officials. The research concludes that the employment of ICTs may also play an important role in preventing some types of grand political corruption.
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