Electronic Government (E-Government) and Development

O papel das tecnologias de comunicação e informação (TIC) no urbano do século XXI e na emergência dos novos movimentos sociais:

“…Quanto aos processos decisórios, se por um lado as TIC amplificam o acesso e compartilhamento de informações e possibilitam redução dos custos para participação (que não precisa mais ser física e presencial), envolvimento de diferentes atores com outras redes de conexões criadas numa lógica de livre-associação e de auto expressão, aumento da transparência nos processos de consulta ou deliberação (VON WALDENBERG, 2004) e do poder da participação nas decisões governamentais, ampliando oportunidades de influenciar a governança (DI FELICE, 2009, 2013aLEMOS;SANTAELLA;KARAMAGIOLI et al, 2010;CASTELLS, 2013), fomentando uma democracia eletrônica -uma cyborgracia (TORRES, 2008); por outro, o sucesso da e-participação depende de infraestrutura existente para implementação de TIC, educação tecnológica da sociedade e, sobretudo, aceitação por parte do governo e de seus funcionários quanto ao uso dessas iniciativas (MOON, 2002;JAEGER;MATTESON, 2009).…”

E-government without E-democracy in the case of Vietnam: Transparency has been a sham?

“…Recently, many scholars have praised the usage of e-government system and other informational and communicational technologies (hereinafter, ICT) as an effective tool for reducing corruption (Heeks, 1998) and, to some extent, a mean to promote transparency and other elements of good governance (von Waldenberg, 2004). Yet, there has been a lack of scholar papers or discussions proving the causal effect of e-government and other ICTs on the likelihood to establish transparency and open government.…”

Exploring the Relationship between E-Government Development and Environmental Sustainability: A Study of Small Island Developing States

“…Many scholars in public administration emphasized the importance of public institutions in achieving the purposes of e-government initiatives [17,[28][29][30][31][32]. Chen et al (1999) [33] showed that the adoption of environmentally sustainable products and practices can be driven by the institutional forces in the form of mimetic and coercive pressures.…”

“…Paavola (2003) [34] also indicated that quality of public institutions, among others, is an important source of vulnerability to climate change. Haldenwang (2004) [31] emphasized that e-government can be a tool for promoting good governance and strengthening policy actors. Additionally, West (2004) [32] carefully suggests that e-government development can enhance democratic responsiveness and public trust in government effectiveness.…”