Description
As technology and social media tools become more integrated into society, they provide important frameworks for online government and community collaboration.
Optimizing E-Participation Initiatives Through Social Media provides emerging research on the role of online web technologies in promoting citizen and community involvement in public affairs. While highlighting topics such as online transaction, participatory design, and e-polling, this publication explores the use of Web 2.0 by governments to create more affordable, participatory, and transparent public-sector management models. This book is an important resource for academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on online public involvement in government policy decision making.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Laura Alcaide-Muñoz (Ed.)
Laura Alcaide-Muñoz is Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance in the Department of Financial Economy and Accounting at the University of Granada. She is interested in E-government, E-Participation and Smart Cities. She has been author of numerous articles in leading SSCI journals (Business, Economics, Information Science and Public Administration) and has written book chapters in prestigious editorials like IGI Global, Springer and Routledge-Taylor & Francis. Also, she has edited books in editorial like Springer and Palgrave McMillan.
Francisco Alcaraz-Quiles (Ed.)
Francisco José Alcaraz-Quiles is an Associate Professor in Accounting in the Financial Economic and Accounting Department of the University of Granada in Spain. He is member of the Spanish Association of Accounting University Teachers and of European Accounting Association. He has diverse publications in national and international journal as RC-Spanish Accounting Review, Journal of Cleaner Production, Lex Localis- Journal of Local self-government, or International Review of Administrative Sciences. His research interests include public administration, sustainability, accountability, and transparency by the public sector.