Setting Sail into the Age of Digital Local Government Trends and Bes
The Internet and related technologies have dramatically changed the way we live, work, socialize, and even topple national governments. As the Internet becomes increasingly pervasive across societies, we find more often that governments adopt Information
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Tony E. Wohlers Lynne Louise Bernier
Setting Sail into the Age of Digital Local Government Trends and Best Practices
Public Administration and Information Technology Volume 21
Series Editor Christopher G. Reddick, San Antonio, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10796
Tony E. Wohlers • Lynne Louise Bernier
Setting Sail into the Age of Digital Local Government Trends and Best Practices
Tony E. Wohlers Cameron University Lawton, OK, USA
Lynne Louise Bernier Carroll University Scholars Program Carroll University Waukesha, WI, USA
Public Administration and Information Technology ISBN 978-1-4899-7663-5 ISBN 978-1-4899-7665-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-7665-9
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Masahiro Iwasaki for his contributions to the local e-government in Japan. His data collection and overall analysis of the local e-government functionality in Japan were invaluable for this project. Dr. Lynne Bernier would like to thank the Fulbright Commission for their support of this book project.
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Contents
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Introduction ............................................................................................... General Approach ....................................................................................... Methods, Conceptual Framework, Hypothesis ....................................... Plan of the Book..........................................................................................
Part I
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Trends and Theoretical Context
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Current Trends in Local E-Government ................................................ Development and Functionality of Local E-Government ....
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