Castelnovo

This collection of twenty six articles on e-governance technologies and practices highlights current scholarship in the governmental uses of modern and emerging information technologies in response to the adoption of user-level technologies and social networking infrastructures in the pursuit of democratic change and enhanced participation among citizens. The work is divided into sections covering local, national and regional e-governance applications and individual articles address such topics as integrating electronic government and public administration reform strategies, municipal mobile SMS services, information technology in post-conflict nations, e-governance and anti-corruption campaigns and the development of knowledge economies in developing nations. Essays include abstracts, illustrations, tables, notes and bibliographies and a volume wide compilation of reading resources is provided. Contributors include academics in the fields of computer science and information technology from universities in the US Central and South America, Europe and India. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)