Anthony Trotta effectively describes and analyzes E-Government in its many forms, meanings and contexts. He convinced me that E-Government is both basis and impetus for deliberative democracy ultimately building trust that goes beyond mere technocratic interaction between representatives and their clients and constituents. In his survey, he provides both breadth and depth and reveals a remarkable understanding of E-Government, one that will be beneficial to practitioners, students and academic researchers.
Gerald J. Miller, Arizona State University, USA
Advances in E-Governance
E-Governance as a field of study is relatively new when considered within the broader historical context of U.S. democracy. The advent of the modern Internet in the early 1990s yielded new technologies that began to shift citizen expectations of how government can-and in many cases should-govern. Though innovations continue to emerge at a rapid pace, these technologies may be used to reinforce long-held deliberative democracy principles, including transparency, accountability and flexibility. Advances in E-Governance offers a comprehensive exploration of the role that technological innovation plays in facilitating government action and citizen participation.
In this timely book, author Anthony Trotta differentiates E-Governance from E-Government and examines the increasingly important role social media and crowdsourcing have come to play in our democracy, and the interactions between technology, polling, voting and outcomes. Including practical cases ranging from DMV registration to online tax filing and markers of successful implementation, Advances in E-Governance carefully addresses how the adoption and expansion of electronic platforms align with new government expectations and looks to future trends in this rapidly expanding field.
Anthony Trotta holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark and has extensive university-level teaching and course-development experience in public administration and political science (both in the traditional and virtual classroom) at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Theory and Application of Technological Initiatives
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Advances in E-Governance
Theory and Application of Technological Initiatives
Anthony Trotta
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Names: Trotta, Anthony M., 1974- author.
Title: Advances in E-governance : theory and application of technological initiatives / by Anthony Trotta.
Description: New York : Routledge, 2017. | Series: ASPA series in public administration & public policy | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016057296| ISBN 9781498701181 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315181530 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Internet in public administration-United States. | Political participation-Technological innovations-United States. | Social media-Political aspects-United States. | Deliberative democracy-United States.
Classification: LCC JK468.A8 T76 2017 | DDC 352.3/802854678-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016057296
ISBN: 978-1-498-70118-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-18153-0 (ebk)
This Book is Dedicated to
My Mom and Dad Jo Anne and Alfred Trotta
Dr. Anthony Trotta has studied public administration and political science for over 25 years in pursuit of knowledge that would allow for him to better comprehend and appreciate the workings of governance. During that time he has earned a B.A. in political science from Rutgers UniversityCamden in 1996, an M.P.A. from Rutgers UniversityCamden in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers UniversityNewark in 2006. In addition, he has extensive university-level teaching and course-development experience in public administration and political science (both in the traditional and virtual classroom) at the undergraduate and graduate levels since he began his teaching career in 2002. Although primarily serving in a teaching capacity at the university level since 2002, Anthony Trotta also has experience contributing to academic works. This includes serving in the academic journal manuscript-review process and in a classroom textbook editorial-review capacity. In addition, Anthonys academic background is supplemented with real-world management experience in the public sector and the private sector. The past 25 years (and counting) serving as a student, teacher and practitioner of public administration and political science has provided him with an amalgamation of knowledge and insight, which was used to complete this book on E-Governance. He would like to thank the reader for taking the time to join him on this phase of the journey that has provided him the opportunity to continue the pursuit of his passion for better understanding governance.
