210173 PS D3/F/G1/G6: European Models of Information (2006W)

Goals: The course introduces students to topics salient to effective governmental adoption and implementation of initiatives mediated by the Internet, including e-procurement, e-living, e-business, e-health, e-licensing, e-learning, e-privacy, e-security, e-work, e-law, online citizen access to governmental databases, and e-democracy initiatives, both in terms of prerequisites to successful implementation and in terms of organizational and social impacts of these initiatives. We explore the potential of ICT for the development and economic restructuring of the EU memberstates and candidate Countries. Core questions addressed in the course include what government functions are best implemented through e-government methods, how e-government initiatives may be evaluated to assess effectiveness, what exemplary practices might improve e-government effectiveness, what the sociopolitical implications of e-governance are, and how the training of public administrators must change given new roles emerging due to the rise of digital governance.