This document provides an overview of electronic governance. It defines key terms like government, governance, and electronic. Government refers to the process of governing and the people in authority. Governance is the act of governing and applies more broadly. Electronic refers to information and communication technologies like mobile phones and the internet. Electronic governance is the use of these technologies in governance and aims to increase citizen engagement, though it faces tensions between efficiency and bureaucracy. The document outlines some of the debates around electronic governance.

1. HUL291: Electronic GovernanceHUL291: Electronic Governance
P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan
MS 624 | vignesh@hss.iitd.ac.in
http://groups.google.co.in/group/egov_iitd
Agenda
• Government
Definitions & Types– Definitions & Types
• Governance
• Electronic – ICTs
• E‐governance
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Government
• Subject matter of political science
• Meanings
– Process of governing / authoritative exercise of
power
– Existence of the process / condition of ordered rule
– People who fill the positions of authority
– Relationship between government & governed
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Govt. (Contin)
• Sovereign state• Sovereign state
– Important, but not mandatory
• Offices & roles
– Legislature (rule makers)
– Executive (implementing )
– Judiciary (interpretation and application)
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2. Types
Criterion
• Arrangement of offices• Arrangement of offices
– Between offices legislature & executive
l i hi b l &• relationship between people & govt.
– Level of coercion
• Liberal Democratic ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Totalitarian
– Military, monarchy, dictatorial, single party,
parliamentary, presential….
• World map
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Governance
• Act of governing
• First used by Plato – Greek ‘kubernáo’ = toFirst used by Plato Greek kubernáo to
steer
• Central ideas• Central ideas
– Accountability; legitimacy; & transparency
B d li l l f• Broader term applies to any level of system
that is governed
– Corporate governance & “Satyam”
• Changes ‐ role of state & the way it exercises
power
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Electronic
• ~ Information & Communication Technologies
(ICT )(ICTs)
• Included: Radio, TV, telephones, mobile, PC,
Internet
• How do you interact with government through y g g
mobile?
– Example: Kohlapur, PDS, SMSp p , ,
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Electronic governance
• Definition is evolving
• Use of ICTs in governance
• Broader in scope than e‐governmentp g
• Importance to citizen engagement
• Dependent on ICTs State society external• Dependent on ICTs, State, society, external
conditions (Globn.)
M l i l i• Mostly in relation to government
– Which the course adopts
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3. E-gov Conti..
• Possible tensionsPossible tensions
– efficiency Vs bureaucracy
transparency Vs control– transparency Vs control
– empowerment Vs disempowerment
centralization Vs distributed provision– centralization Vs distributed provision
– commercialization Vs regulation
it V– community Vs anomy
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References
• Robinson, M. 1996. Governance, p.347‐348.
• Curtice J 1996 Government p 348‐349Curtice, J. 1996. Government, p.348 349.
– In: Kuper, A. and Kuper, J. 1996. The Social Sciences Encyclopedia,
London:Routledge.
– @ Sharma Photostats
• Rossel, P. and Finder, M. 2007. Conceptualizing e‐Governance. ACM
International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 232, Proceedings of g ; , g f
the 1st international conference on Theory and practice of electronic
governance, Macao, China.
– Uploaded in the egroupUploaded in the egroup.
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• Clarifications?
• Questions?
• Thank you!
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World Governments
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