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E-Governmentization: A Panacea for the Democratization of Developing Countries?

E-Governmentization: A Panacea for the Democratization of Developing Countries?

JungHo Park, Greg Prombescu
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466636910|ISBN10: 1466636912|EISBN13: 9781466636927
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3691-0.ch002
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Park, JungHo, and Greg Prombescu. "E-Governmentization: A Panacea for the Democratization of Developing Countries?." Digital Public Administration and E-Government in Developing Nations: Policy and Practice, edited by Edward Francis Halpin, et al., IGI Global, 2013, pp. 25-42. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3691-0.ch002

APA

Park, J. & Prombescu, G. (2013). E-Governmentization: A Panacea for the Democratization of Developing Countries?. In E. Halpin, D. Griffin, C. Rankin, L. Dissanayake, & N. Mahtab (Eds.), Digital Public Administration and E-Government in Developing Nations: Policy and Practice (pp. 25-42). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3691-0.ch002

Chicago

Park, JungHo, and Greg Prombescu. "E-Governmentization: A Panacea for the Democratization of Developing Countries?." In Digital Public Administration and E-Government in Developing Nations: Policy and Practice, edited by Edward Francis Halpin, et al., 25-42. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3691-0.ch002

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Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to critically evaluate the e-governmentization of administrative processes, which many developing nations have come to enthusiastically espouse. From a theoretical perspective, such a trend is ostensibly positive, as e-government serves to promote transparency and efficient information exchange, which in turn serves to stimulate more equal distributions of power, inside as well as outside the bureaucracy, and perhaps most importantly (efficiently) solicit greater citizen participation. However, such benefits associated with the proliferation of e-government are often contingent upon a host of prerequisite conditions that, often times, developing nations do not meet. Therefore, such enthusiastic attempts by developing nations to e-governmentize administrative processes may be misplaced. As such, the primary thesis of this research is that the e-governmentization of administrative processes are likely to stimulate positive effects only after a certain level of democracy has been achieved. To explore this thesis, this chapter focuses on exploring the evolution and ensuing effects of the proliferation of e-government in South Korea.

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