Digital Solutions for Contemporary Democracy and Government - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1466684305 ISBN 13: 9781466684300

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2015

Synopsis

The dot-com revolution has brought many advances before unimagined. Of them all, it may be said that none have surpassed e-government in attracting a significant number of researchers and practitioners from around the world. However, the question remains whether everyone is ready to join the e-government movement, or if some are just blindly following the latest trend.

Digital Solutions for Contemporary Democracy and Government touches on several key issues and challenges surrounding the recent e-government boom and offers practical solutions from those who have been a part of implementing e-government programs internationally. Due to its breadth of discussion on a variety of topics relating to the intersection of technology with politics, democracy, and government, this authoritative book is a valuable reference source for professionals, researchers, and students in the field of e-government, information management, or knowledge management.

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About the Author:

Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Information Systems in the Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Botswana. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg, and a Senior IT reviewer for the Botswana Qualifications Authority. His PhD is in Information Systems (Information Management) from the University of Johannesburg. He also has a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Technology and a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Moscow Power Engineering Technical University. His research interests include all aspects of computer information systems (e-Government, database design, process modeling, virtual reality, knowledge management systems, community informatics, etc.) and competitive intelligence. Dr. Bwalya has written 6 books published in the USA, England and Germany and has over 100 peer review pieces of research works and/or articles in international journals with high repute.

Stephen Mutula is currently the Acting Dean & Head of School, School of Social Sciences, University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Information Science (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Masters Degree in Information Science (University of Wales, UK), Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science (University of Nairobi, Kenya) and Bachelors Degree in Education Mathematics and Chemistry (Kenyatta University, Kenya). He has published extensively in international refereed journals and books. He is a first co-author of book entitled: Web Information Management: A Cross Disciplinary Textbook, published by Chandos Publishing, London, 2007. He is also the author of Digital Economics: SMEs and e-Readiness, published in 2009 by IDEA Group Publishers, USA. He is an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Zululand, South Africa. He has won several international excellence awards for his distinguished research work from various academic societies such as the Emerald Literati Club, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1466684305
• ISBN 13: 9781466684300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Bwalya Kelvin Joseph, Mutula Stephen