E-Government and Multi-Level Governance: A Comparative Examination of Catalonia, Spain, and Ontario, Canada

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Author(s): Mila Gascó (International Institute on Governance of Catalonia, Spain)and Jeffrey Roy (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 16
Source title: Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko (University of Tampere, Finland)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.ch212

Keywords: Electronic Government / Government & Law / Information Science Reference

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E-government is entering its second decade as a widely-embraced agenda for public sector reform. There are often distinctions made between e-government as administrative reform and e-governance as democratic reform, although there is invariable overlap between both spheres. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to undertake an examination of the impacts of e-government on both administration and democracy in a multi-level governance environment. In doing so, we will provide a comparative assessment of two sub-national jurisdictions known for investing aggressively in e-government in recent years: Catalonia, Spain, and Ontario, Canada. This investigation will thus seek to identify the manner by which the pursuit of e-government by a state and a province is intertwined with – or separate from federalist structures.

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