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This presentation talks about ICTs & Democracy, more specifically their relationship.TRANSCRIPT
Agenda
• Context• E‐government• ICTs & Democratization process• E‐democracy• Areas of convergence
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Context• Insights from ‘democracy’ studies to egovernance
• Overlapping• Beyond mere use of ICTs• More on a theoretical level• Fountain’s work as example for egovernmentstudies
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egovernment• Egov assumptions – transparency, efficiency, and productivity
• e‐democracy as an integral part of egov, but inadequately discussed and forgotten
• Democratization– make govt. services more like private ‐ convenient, access, & timeliness
– brining closer to people
• radical arguments ‐ to make it more citizen inclusive
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ICTs & Democractization
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• evolution of ICTs important for democratization process– Integration of multiple devices– Interoperability
• usage of ICTs in govt. reflected in the govt. and citizen's attitudes– welfare states ; modern / efficient state; & post fordist
• ubiquitous networking ‐ challenges the status quo– from inward looking mainframe computers outward facing networks
ICTs & Demo. Cont.
• Govt as learning organization ‐ work with ICT enabled constant feedback mechanism from the citizens –– 'build and learn’
• Challenges– resistance to sharing of private data across agencies– disagreements on what kind of data can be shared and with whom
– possible conflicts between executives and legislatures– difficult to demonstrate the pay‐off
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E-democracy• political participation by interconnected citizens & representatives via new ICTs– Consultation & deliberations
• Interaction as constitutive of democracy• Continuum of consultation
– information gathering quasi deliberations– vertical flow of state‐citizen communication
• Deliberations – more complex, horizontal, & multi directionality interactivity
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E-dem. Cont…
• knowledge is discursive, contingent, and changeable and emerges through interaction
• positive & organic deliberative mechanisms – p2p, chat rooms, blogs, bulletin boards etc
• quality & density of public sphere is more important than speed
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E-dem… cont..
• increasing role of civil society
• building new cyber society
• accelerated pluralism
• e democracy is not utopian (bribe)
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Convergence with egovt.1. Intergration of e‐democractic activities in
civil society with policy making processes – at local and national levels– govt. agencies / dept. interact with the citizens ‐‐> – need of parliament to embrace the change, else decreasing value of parliament
– More power to executives?
• Ex: Common Wealth Games
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2. Internal democratization of public sector
• reflecting the way govt. interacts with the citizens
• Egov. not reinforcing inequalities & power hierarchies?– Ex: Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosure Bill, 2010
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3. Politics of convenience
• want of easiness to interact with the govt. = consumerism?
• refelct the post‐industrial politics – centralized, controlled, massive decentralized, independent units & networked
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4. Use of neutral technologies in egov
• technologies should reflect democratic values• open source?• rise of open standards..• Ex:
– Govt. websites– STQC
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NIC home..
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I paid a bribe..
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References• Chadwick, A. (2003). Bringing e‐democracy back in: Why it
matters for future research on e‐governance. Social Science Computer Review, 21 (4), 443‐455.
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• Thank you!
ClarificationsQuestions
Comments
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Central Vigilance Commission <<
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GoI Schemes <<
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