Governance in the Information Era: Theory and Practice of Policy Informatics

ISBN-13: 9781138832077 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 374 str.

Erik W. Johnston; Kevin C. Desouza

Opis

Policy informatics is addressing governance challenges and their consequences, which span the seeming inability of governments to solve complex problems and the disaffection of people from their governments. Policy informatics seeks approaches that enable our governance systems to address increasingly complex challenges and to meet the rising expectations of people to be full participants in their communities. This book approaches these challenges by applying a combination of the latest American and European approaches in applying complex systems modeling, crowdsourcing, participatory platforms and citizen science to explore complex governance challenges in domains that include education, environment, and health.

Spis treści

Foreward Rick Shangraw  Introduction  1. Conceptualizing Policy Informatics Erik W. Johnston  Part 1: Basics  2. The Value and Limits of Government Information Resources for Policy Informatics Sharon S. Dawes and Natalie C. Helbig  3. Evidence for Policy Inquiry Anand Desai and Kristin Harlow  4. Visualization Meets Policy Making: Visual Traditions, Policy Complexity, Strategic Investments Evert Lindquist  Part 2: Analysis  5. The Endogenous Point of View in Policy Informatics George P. Richardson 6. Model-Based Policy Design that Takes Implementation Seriously I. David Wheat  7. Public-Private Partnerships: A Study of Risk Allocation Design Envelopes David N. Ford, Ivan Damnjanovic, and Scott T. Johnson  8. Policy Informatics with Small System Dynamics Models: How Small Models Can Help the Public Policy Process Navid Ghaffarzadegan, John Lyneis, and George P. Richardson  9. Quantitative Modeling of Violent Group Behavior Using Open-Source Intelligence Christopher Bronk and Derek Ruths  10. Making a Difference Kimberly M. Thompson Part 3: Administration  11. Governance Informatics: Using Computer Simulation Models to Deepen Situational Awareness and Governance Design Considerations Christopher Koliba and Asim Zia  12. Complexity and Educational Policy Informatics: Exploring Unanticipated Consequences and Unrealized Opportunities of Policy Decisions  Nora H. Sabelli, William R. Penuel, and Britte H. Cheng  13. Policy Modelling of Large-Scale Social Systems: Lessons from the SKIN Model of Innovation  Petra Ahrweiler, Andreas Pyka, and Nigel Gilbert  14. Lend Me Your Expertise: Citizen Sourcing Advice to Government William H. Dutton  Part 4: Governance  15. Synthetic Information Environments for Policy Informatics: A Distributed Cognition Perspective  Christopher L. Barrett, Stephen Eubank, Achla Marathe, Madhav Marathe, and Samarth Swarup  16. Participatory Simulation as a Tool of Policy Informatics: Definitions, Literature Review, and Research Directions  Gerard P. Learmonth, Sr. and Jeffrey Plank  17. Action Brokering for Civic Engagement: A Case Study of ACTion Alexandria  Jes A. Koepfler, Derek L. Hansen, Paul T. Jaeger, John C. Bertot, and Tracy Viselli  18. Breaking the Silos of Silence: The Importance of New Forms of Knowledge Incubation for Policy Informatics Ines Mergel  Part 5: Conclusion  19. The Future of Policy Informatics Justin Longo, Dara M. Wald, and David M. Hondula