Governance.com: Democracy in the Information Age

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Advances in information technology are transforming democratic governance. Power over information has become decentralized, fostering new types of community and different roles for government. Part of a series originating from a program at the Kennedy School of Government, this book examines the impact of technology on governance.

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"'Governance.com: Democracy in the Information Age' is a selection of impressive scholarly essays focusing how leaps and bounds in modern technology and the Internet are directly affecting American governmental policy and performance.... 'Governance.com' offers an informed and informative look into the near future, and where the democratization of information is ultimately leading." Thomas G. Whelan, Midwest Book Review

"One of the more robust contributions in the book is provided by William Galston's analysis of the impact of the internet on civic life." Colin J. Bennett, University of Victoria, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions

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"Elaine Ciulla Kamarck is director of the Visions of Governance for the 21st Century project and the Innovations in American Government program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She served as senior policy advisor to former Vice President Al Gore, and was instrumental in creating the National Performance Review, a White House policy council to reinvent government. Joseph S. Nye Jr. is University Distinguished Service Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and a former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs and chair of the National Intelligence Council."