In person icon ICTs, Civil Society and Changes in Government

Abstract

Globally, increasing use of digital technologies among governments, civil society actors, and citizens present great opportunities as well as significant risks. Open questions include whether or not e-government services truly bring citizens into a closer relationship with their governments, whether digitalization really leads to greater transparency, and how the internet is creating new spaces for nationalist groups to organize. This topic is especially compelling given how quickly the excitement around the potential of ICTs has given way to deep concerns about the corrosive effects they are having on good governance and democratic norms. The papers on this panel explore these important questions using empirical evidence from cross national datasets, as well as regional analysis from Europe and Asia, to deepen the growing discourse on the relationship between digitalization, ICTs, and governance.

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Origination and Distribution of Cyber Nationalism in East Asia	View Paper Details
Transparent, Yet Still Corrupt? Exploring the Conditions for Open Government Data as New Digital Transparency to Affect Corruption	View Paper Details