Title: Civic engagement in a network society /
Authors: Yang, Kaifeng; Bergrud, Erik.
Publisher: IAP, Information Age Pub.,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Political participation.; Internet Political aspects
Contents: Civic engagement in a network society : an introduction / Kaifeng Yang and Erik Bergrud -- It takes two to tango : when public and private actors interact / Annika Agger, Eva Sørensen, and Jacob Torfing -- Collaboration management in public administration : a theoretical and empirical exploration of mutual challenges for governance, citizens, and businesses in modern network societies / Eran Vigoda-Gadot -- New ways of working : civic engagement through networks / Myrna Mandell -- Conductive public organizations in networks : collaborative management and civic engagement / Robert Agranoff -- Civic engagement as collaborative complex adaptive networks / David Booher -- Opening up what may yet come : performing civic engagement in a complex world / Jean Hillier and Joris Van Wezemae -- A comparative study of citizen engagement in infrastructure planning in Japan and the United States : a look at legal frameworks and two successful cases / Shunsaku Komatsuzaki and Hindy Lauer Schachter -- Citizensourcing : citizen participation in a networked nation / Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer and Lars Hasselblad Torres -- Does internet use really facilitate civic engagement? : empirical evidence from the American national election studies / Hun Myoung Park and James L. Perry -- Something rich and strange : participation, engagement, and the tempest of online politics / Jason MacDonald and Caroline Tolbert -- Opportunities for civic engagement : an online assessment of worldwide municipal web sites / Marc Holzer and Aroon Manoharan.