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Informating Public Governance: Towards a Basis for a Digital Ecosystem

Informating Public Governance: Towards a Basis for a Digital Ecosystem

Alois A. Paulin
Copyright: © 2017 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 19
ISSN: 2334-4520|EISSN: 2334-4539|EISBN13: 9781522515685|DOI: 10.4018/IJPADA.2017040102
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Paulin, Alois A. "Informating Public Governance: Towards a Basis for a Digital Ecosystem." IJPADA vol.4, no.2 2017: pp.14-32. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJPADA.2017040102

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Paulin, A. A. (2017). Informating Public Governance: Towards a Basis for a Digital Ecosystem. International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA), 4(2), 14-32. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJPADA.2017040102

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Paulin, Alois A. "Informating Public Governance: Towards a Basis for a Digital Ecosystem," International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA) 4, no.2: 14-32. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJPADA.2017040102

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Abstract

This treatise explores the possibilities and constraints to informate public governance. Informating as used in this context refers to the ability to technically control / steer the core provision of public governance by means of information technology, rather than steering public governance through political policies. Thus informating governance is about technology-enabled direct control of public service provision, in contrast to electronic or digital governance, which is about technology for government agencies. Well-established disciplinary theories from political sciences, sociology, and jurisprudence on public governance are explored to establish a foundation for understanding governance informatability, and a shared semantic context is established, to align the complex concepts of governance provision, and governance informatization. Based on thus established trans-disciplinary foundation, it is argued that a natural evolution of dedicated technological ecosystems can take place.

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