TY - JOUR
T1 - Politics of E-Government
T2 - E-Government and the Political Control of Bureaucracy
AU - Ahn, Michael J.
AU - Bretschneider, Stuart
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - This case study reports an innovative e-government experiment by a local government in Seoul, South Korea-Gangnam-gu. A new local political leadership in Gangnam made strategic use of e-government applications to exert greater political control over the local civil service bureaucracy. The authors find that e-government applications possess political properties that can be applied effectively by the political leadership as instruments to improve control over the government bureaucracy as well as to enhance essential government accountability and transparency. The political circumstances underlying e-government development as well as its impact on local government are reported, along with key variables associated with this innovation and directions for future research.
AB - This case study reports an innovative e-government experiment by a local government in Seoul, South Korea-Gangnam-gu. A new local political leadership in Gangnam made strategic use of e-government applications to exert greater political control over the local civil service bureaucracy. The authors find that e-government applications possess political properties that can be applied effectively by the political leadership as instruments to improve control over the government bureaucracy as well as to enhance essential government accountability and transparency. The political circumstances underlying e-government development as well as its impact on local government are reported, along with key variables associated with this innovation and directions for future research.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02225.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02225.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79955752551
SN - 0033-3352
VL - 71
SP - 414
EP - 424
JO - Public Administration Review
JF - Public Administration Review
IS - 3
ER -