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Information and communication technology and public innovation : assessing the ICT-driven modernization of public administration / edited by Victor Bekkers, Hein van Duivenboden and Marcel Thaens. - Amsterdam : Washington, DC : IOS Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (243 pages) - Innovation and the public sector ; v. 12 . - Innovation and the public sector ; v. 12. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title page; Preface; Contents; Part 1. Setting the Stage; Part 2. Process Innovation; Part 3. Product and Technological Innovation; Part 4. Organizational Innovation; Part 5. Conceptual and Institutional Innovation; Part 6. Instrumental and Institutional Assessment; Author Index.

The modernization of public administration is a recurring theme on the political and public agenda in many countries. This book demonstrates how public administration organizations try to adapt to changing circumstances in their environment in order the secure their legitimacy, presenting a number of case studies.

ISBN: 1423797620 (electronic bk.) 9781423797623 (electronic bk.) 9781607501817 1607501813 1280547685 9781280547683 (hardcover)

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Source: 978-1-58603-626-3 IOS Press http://www.iospress.nl

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Public administration--Information technology.
Internet in public administration.
Organizational change.
Administrative agencies--Information technology.
Organizational Innovation
Administration publique--Technologie de l'information.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect politique.
Internet dans l'administration publique.
Administration publique (Science)--Technologie de l'information.
Changement organisationnel.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Affairs & Administration.
Internet in public administration.
Organizational change.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JF1525.A8 / I44 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 352.3/8/02854678