e-Government in Asia:Origins, Politics, Impacts, Geographies
| Autor: | Barney Warf |
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| EAN: | 9780081008997 |
| eBook Format: | PDF/ePUB |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 22.11.2016 |
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| Schlagworte: | e-government;Asia;economic growth;diversity;impact;internet;government policies;censorship;digital divide;social media;cybercafes;China;Korea;Japan;Central Asia;Kazakhstan;South Asia;India;Pakistan;Southeast Asia;Laos;Cambodia;Singapore;Vietnam;Thail |
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E-Government in Asia offers a thorough examination of e-governance in Asia, including the uses of the Internet to mediate interactions between Asian governments and their citizens. The book examines how the Internet is reshaping these interactions in the region and summarizes the nature of e-government, the growth of the Internet in Asia, issues of the digital divide, and how the Internet is affecting the ways in which public services are provided, how Asians acquire information, and other issues.
- Offers essential reading for many social science courses on Asia, including geography, political science, public administration, as well as courses on the social impacts of technology, notably the Internet
- Examines issues of e-governance, which loom large in significant Asian economies, including China
- Examines how e-governance in Asia is shaped by regional geographies
- Explores how the Internet is affecting the ways in which public services are provided and how Asians acquire information
Barney Warf is a professor of Geography at the University of Kansas, USA. His research and teaching interests lie within the broad domain of human
geography. Much of his research concerns economic geography, emphasizing producer services and telecommunications.
He has studied a range of topics that fall under the umbrella of globalization, including New York as a global city, fiber optics, the satellite industry, offshore banking, international producer services, and the geographies of the Internet. He has also written on military spending, voting technologies, the U.S. electoral college, and religious diversity. He has authored, co-authored, or coedited seven books, two encyclopedias, 32 book chapters and more than 100 refereed journal articles. Currently, he serves as editor of The Professional Geographer, co-editor of Growth and Change, co-book review editor for Dialogues in Human Geography, and edits a series of geography texts for Rowman and Littlefield publishers.
He has served or serves on the editorial boards of the Geographical Review, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Growth and Change, Professional Geographer, Urban Geography, International Regional Science Review, and Geografiska Annaler.
[He has an h-index of 16 according to Scopus.]
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