HUL291: Electronic GovernanceHUL291: Electronic Governance

P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan

MS 624 | vignesh@hss.iitd.ac.in

http://groups.google.co.in/group/egov_iitd

Agenda

• Government Definitions & Types– Definitions & Types

• Governance

• Electronic – ICTs

• E‐governance

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Government

• Subject matter of political science

• Meanings– Process of governing / authoritative exercise of power

– Existence of the process / condition of ordered rule

– People who fill the positions of authority

– Relationship between government & governed

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Govt. (Contin)

• Sovereign state• Sovereign state – Important, but not mandatory

• Offices & roles– Legislature (rule makers)

– Executive (implementing )

– Judiciary (interpretation and application)

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TypesCriterion

• Arrangement of offices• Arrangement of offices – Between offices legislature & executive

l i hi b l &• relationship between people & govt.– Level of coercion

• Liberal Democratic  ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Totalitarian– Military, monarchy, dictatorial, single party, parliamentary, presential….

• World map 

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Governance• Act of governing

• First used by Plato – Greek ‘kubernáo’ = toFirst used by Plato  Greek  kubernáo    to steer

• Central ideas• Central ideas– Accountability; legitimacy; & transparency

B d li l l f• Broader term applies to any level of system that is governed– Corporate governance & “Satyam” 

• Changes ‐ role of state & the way it exercises power 

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Electronic

• ~ Information & Communication Technologies (ICT )(ICTs)

• Included: Radio, TV, telephones, mobile, PC, Internet 

• How do you interact with government through y g gmobile?– Example: Kohlapur, PDS, SMSp p , ,

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Electronic governance

• Definition is evolving

• Use of ICTs in governance

• Broader in scope than e‐governmentp g

• Importance to citizen engagement

• Dependent on ICTs State society external• Dependent on ICTs, State, society, external conditions (Globn.)

M l i l i• Mostly in relation to government– Which the course adopts

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E-gov Conti..

• Possible tensionsPossible tensions– efficiency Vs bureaucracy

transparency Vs control– transparency Vs control

– empowerment Vs disempowerment

centralization Vs distributed provision– centralization Vs distributed provision

– commercialization Vs regulation

it V– community Vs anomy

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References

• Robinson, M. 1996. Governance, p.347‐348.

• Curtice J 1996 Government p 348‐349Curtice, J. 1996. Government, p.348 349.

– In: Kuper, A. and Kuper, J. 1996. The Social Sciences Encyclopedia, London:Routledge. 

– @ Sharma Photostats

• Rossel, P. and Finder, M. 2007. Conceptualizing e‐Governance. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 232, Proceedings of g ; , g fthe 1st international conference on Theory and practice of electronic governance, Macao, China. 

– Uploaded in the egroupUploaded in the egroup. 

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• Clarifications?• Questions?

• Thank you!

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World Governments

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