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Realigning Governance: From E-Government to E-Democracy for Social and Economic Development

Realigning Governance: From E-Government to E-Democracy for Social and Economic Development

Bongani Ngwenya
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781466694613|ISBN10: 1466694610|EISBN13: 9781466694620
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9461-3.ch080
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Ngwenya, Bongani. "Realigning Governance: From E-Government to E-Democracy for Social and Economic Development." Politics and Social Activism: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 1555-1581. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9461-3.ch080

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Ngwenya, B. (2016). Realigning Governance: From E-Government to E-Democracy for Social and Economic Development. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Politics and Social Activism: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1555-1581). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9461-3.ch080

Chicago

Ngwenya, Bongani. "Realigning Governance: From E-Government to E-Democracy for Social and Economic Development." In Politics and Social Activism: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1555-1581. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9461-3.ch080

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Abstract

This chapter posits that Governance realignment from e-Government to e-Democracy constitutes a critical context for social and economic development in both developed and developing countries. E-Government and e-Democracy are not new phenomena in most developed countries and some developing countries in Asia and Africa. However, the degrees of political and economic variations between developed and developing countries poses a serious challenge to the efforts towards realignment of governance for social and economic development attainment. The findings in this chapter are that social and economic development lie at the intersection of e-Government and e-Democracy processes of governance realignment. Asymmetry in institutionalisation, and diffusion of e-Democracy amongst countries is widely attributed to economic and political variations in these countries. Unless these differences are skillfully identified and accommodated as such into the development and use models, e-Democracy efforts will not help achieve social and economic development goals, particularly those of developing countries.

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