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4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress (VIII). Towards citizenship 2.0? via ICTlogy June 3rd, 2008 at 17:00

image Notes from the 4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress.Session VIII Round Table Towards citizenship 2.0? Eduard Aibar, Vice President, Research, UOC. So, the landscape has changed… but have citizens? has the concept of citizenship so much shifted as, supposedly, has the Web? Ana Sofía Cardenal, Professor of Political Science, UOC We’re putting all our eggs in the Web 2.0 basket, but data seem to bring evidence that all the promises of the web do not seem to apply: The demand for political information has not increased despite the supposition that it would be cheaper (in money, in time) to be informed on a digital socielty The supposition that costs of information have decreased is at stake too The participation does not seem to have changed either Few sites collect most...

4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress (V). Helen Margetts: Government on the Web via ICTlogy June 3rd, 2008 at 10:04

Notes from the 4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress.Session V Keynote speech Helen Margetts Government on the Web A shift of paradigm in Government Dunleavy, Margetts (2006) Digital Era Governance: the dominant paradigm of public governance reform (new public management) is dead. The digital-era governance is nigh… or just happening. What happened during the New Public Management? Disaggregation, into tiny decentralized government and quasi-government agencies Competition within the daily tasks of government, its relationships with suppliers, outsourcing, financing, etc. Incentivization: via privatization, performance related pay, charging, etc. What are we likely to see during the Digital-era governance? Reintegration, going the way back of atomization that the New Public...