Innovating government: normative, policy and technological dimensions of modern government

The aim of this book is to analyze four dimensions of innovating government and the use of new technologies: legal, ethical, policy and technological dimensions. By joining authors from a diversity of backgrounds (law, ethics, publicadministration, political science, sociology, communications science, information science, and computer science) in one book, readers (academics, policy makers, legislators and others) are confronted with a variety of disciplinary perspectives on persistent themes, like privacy, biometrics, surveillance, e-democracy, electronic government, and identity management, that are central to today’s evolution of new modes of modern government. Offers a clear structure to the readerEnables the reader to cross disciplinary bordersOffers an in-depth insight of new modes of government in various policy domains INDICE: 1 Innovating Government – an introduction to the book. Part I Normative and ethical dimensions. 2 Privacy 3.0. 3 Normative assumptions in biometrics – on bodily differences and automated classifications. 4 Electronic exchange of signals on youth at risk – a value perspective. 5 Regulating invisibleharms. Part II Policy dimensions – Democracy. 6 The single point of failure. 7 Electronic voting: Approaches, strategies, and policy issues – a report fromSwitzerland. 8 Striving behind the shadow – the dawn of Spanish politics 2.0.Part III Policy dimensions - Surveillance. 9 The normality of living in surveillance societies. 10 The evolution of new technologies of surveillance in children’s services in England. 11 Electronic Child Records in the Netherlands – a legitimate path to right wrongs?. 12 Legitimacy issues regarding citizen surveillance – the case of ANPR-technology in Dutch policing. 13 The introductionof biometrics in the Netherlands – an evaluation under data protection and administrative law. Part IV Legal dimensions – EU Law perspectives. 14 The use of biometrics at the borders – a European policy and law perspective. 15 Privacy and data protection aspects of e-government identity management. 16 eHealth from a Dutch perspective. 17 Implementation of the EU Services Directive: on eGovernment in a decentralized unitary state. 18 The impact of Europe on geo-information. Part V Legal dimensions - Techno-legal perspectives. 19 Sharing information between government agencies – some legal challenges associated with semantic interoperability. 20 Public information infrastructures and identity fraud. 21 Access to law in Europe. Part VI Legal dimensions - Law and philosophy perspective. 22 Identity theft and fraud. Part VII Technological dimensions.23 Biometrics and smart cards in identity management. 24 How devices transform voting. Part VIII Synthesis. 25 A Brave New Government?

• ISBN: 978-90-6704-730-2
• Editorial: T.M.C. Asser Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés