E-Governance: Styles of Political Judgment in the Information Age Polity - Hardcover

by P. Perri (Author)

The e-governance revolution is said to be changing everything, but will all the modelling tools, electronic meeting management systems and online consultations really change political judgement in policy formation? Using case studies from local and federal government in the US and Europe, Perri 6 examines these claims and presents a new theory of how policymakers use and reject information and do and don't trust each other with information in using the new tools, before analyzing the implications for democracy.

Author Biography

PERRI 6 is a leading political scientist working on public policy and the policy process. Now a Senior Research Fellow in the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham, he was previously at King's College London, Strathclyde University and the think tank Demos. His jointly written book, Towards Holistic Governance, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2002.