Governing Electronically: E-Government and the Reconfiguration of Public Administration, Policy and Power

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. It contributors to the very substance and reconfiguration of public administration, public policy, power and citizenship. Governmental Changes arising from e-government are analyzed in terms of networks, risk, speed, complexity, power and citizenship.