Why does e-government looks as it does? looking beyond the explanatory emptiness of the e-government concept

  • Authors:
  • Victor Bekkers

  • Affiliations:
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: bekkers@fsw.eur.nl

  • Venue:
  • Information Polity - ICT, public administration and democracy in the coming decade
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Why does e-government look as it looks? One could argue that the explanatory power of many e-government studies is weak. In this article it is argued that the explanatory power of -government studies could be improved by making use of three bodies of knowledge: a open innovation studies because ICT is an important source of innovation, b technology studies, because ICT is the outcome of a socio-political shaping process and c bodies of knowledge that address steering, because ICT is an act of steering to achieve political outcomes. Finally a synthesis of the results is being presented.