Public E-services in Sweden: Old Wine in New Bottles?
Author
Summary, in English
This paper describes and analyses the political discourse regarding
e-government (including terms earlier used) in Sweden in the period from the 1960s until today, drawing on a review of policy documents. It is found that even though both the meanings ascribed to computers, the political visions,and the main arguments have changed considerably over time, the majorplans for action have always remained the same. While goals related to democracy, increased service level, and decentralisation have at different times been at the focus of the debate, increased internal efficiency has always been the target for actions.
e-government (including terms earlier used) in Sweden in the period from the 1960s until today, drawing on a review of policy documents. It is found that even though both the meanings ascribed to computers, the political visions,and the main arguments have changed considerably over time, the majorplans for action have always remained the same. While goals related to democracy, increased service level, and decentralisation have at different times been at the focus of the debate, increased internal efficiency has always been the target for actions.
Publishing year
2005
Language
English
Pages
11-40
Publication/Series
Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems
Volume
17
Issue
2
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Electronic Systems, University of Aalborg
Topic
- Information Studies
Keywords
- e-government
- IT in government
- ICT policy
- political discourse
Status
Published
Research group
- Archive Science
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0905-0167