Public Administration in the Information Society: Essays on Risk and TrustRisk and trust are interlocking issues, thrown into the social, political and managerial foreground as governments pursue their responses to the development of the information society. This book shows that flows of information deriving from ICT applications pervade public administration and the wider polity. |
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Contents
Editorial | 1 |
Incorporating the voluntary sector in UK | 25 |
Risk information sharing | 51 |
Privacy surveillance and the balance of risk | 65 |
Smartening up to risk in electronic government | 81 |
Just how risky is online voting? | 95 |
Who regulates and manages the Internet infrastructure? Democratic | 117 |
In search of regulatory scenarios | 130 |
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