Digital Government II: Information Technology and Democratic Administration, Winter 2007

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Author:

Steven J. Jackson

Subject:

Social Sciences

Institution Name:

University of Michigan

Collection:

Open.Michigan

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

This seven-week course is the second in a two-part sequence exploring contemporary practices, challenges, and opportunities at the intersection of information technology and democratic governance. This second half of the course takes on emerging directions in democratic administration – and the shifting role of information technologies in supporting, transforming, and understanding these. The course locates recent and emerging digital or e-government initiatives in historical, institutional, and comparative context. Throughout, we will explore a range of local, national, and international cases in which new informational forms and practices have met with – and in some cases, begun to alter – the traditional art and practice of democratic administration.

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Full Course, Homework and Assignments, Lecture Notes, Readings, Syllabi

Media Format:

Text/HTML, Downloadable docs

Conditions of Use:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0