E-Governance in India: Interlocking Politics, Technology and Culture

ISBN-13: 9780815374749 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 152 str.

Bidisha Chaudhuri

Opis

E-governance has been one of the strategic sectors of reform in India since late 1990s under the rubric of ‘good governance’ agenda promoted by International Organisations. This book analyses e-governance in India and argues that such initiatives did not take place in isolation but followed in the footsteps of broader governance reform agenda that has already made considerable impact on the discourses and practices of governance in India. Employing interdisciplinary methodology by combining approaches from the Political Sciences, Sociology and Postcolonial/ Transcultural Studies, this book presents a qualitative account of the policies and practices of e-governance reform in India along with a detailed case study of the Common Services Centres (CSCs) Scheme under the National e-Governance Plan of the Government of India and its resultant impact on the overall system of governance.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Linking Governance, Reform and Technology: The Research Methodology 3. E-governance in India: A Chronological Overview of Policies and Practices 4. E-governance in Context : A Case Study of Common Services Centres (CSCs) 5. Bridging State and Society : E-Governance at the crossroad of politics, technology and culture 6. Conclusion: A General framework of understanding governance and e-governance

O autorze

Bidisha Chaudhuri completed her PhD at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. She is currently a consulting faculty member at the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP) at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India. Her research interests include governance, gender and development, ICT for development, policy reform and South Asian politics.