Public E-services in Sweden: Old Wine in New Bottles?
Författare
Summary, in English
This paper describes and analyses the political discourse regarding
e-government (including terms earlier used) in Sweden in the period from the 1960s until today, drawing on a review of policy documents. It is found that even though both the meanings ascribed to computers, the political visions,and the main arguments have changed considerably over time, the majorplans for action have always remained the same. While goals related to democracy, increased service level, and decentralisation have at different times been at the focus of the debate, increased internal efficiency has always been the target for actions.
e-government (including terms earlier used) in Sweden in the period from the 1960s until today, drawing on a review of policy documents. It is found that even though both the meanings ascribed to computers, the political visions,and the main arguments have changed considerably over time, the majorplans for action have always remained the same. While goals related to democracy, increased service level, and decentralisation have at different times been at the focus of the debate, increased internal efficiency has always been the target for actions.
Publiceringsår
2005
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
11-40
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems
Volym
17
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Electronic Systems, University of Aalborg
Ämne
- Information Studies
Nyckelord
- e-government
- IT in government
- ICT policy
- political discourse
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Archive Science
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0905-0167