Abstract
The impact of information and communication technologies on social development has become more and more significant, especially political development. Many political theorists remain positive towards this impact and expect improvements in public administration and democratic practices. This paper develops a theory of e-citizenship, proposes citizenship rights of the information age and discusses how to improves public governance. Citizenship rights of the information age include a right to a minimal ICTs living, a right to efficacious and accountable electronic public services and a right to realize electronic democratic participatory potential. In order to realize these rights, the government should reduce digital divide, improve the performance of e-government under the guidance of the norms of efficacy and accountability, and explore the applicability of e-democracy.
Translated title of the contribution | Public Governance in the Information Age: Towards a Normative Theory of e-Citizenship |
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Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
Pages (from-to) | 1-84 |
Number of pages | 84 |
Journal | 政治與社會哲學評論 = SOCIETAS (TSSCI) |
Issue number | 19 |
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Publication status | Published - 2006 Dec 1 |