Smart City Governance examines public domain activities and services in the digital age, evaluating all facets of smart city e-governance that fosters a cohesive understanding for the emerging generation of advanced “digital natives. Exploring the tensions between political science and jurisprudence theories with the principles of societies and their alignment with legal systems, the book examines how governance systems can translate into the digital domain, addressing both the technical and legal dimensions. It offers a model for the technological foundation of governance, discussing existing technological components. The book concludes with a section on outlooks for further research.
1. Introduction - p. page_xiii 2. Part I: How Technology Challenges the Bureaucracy - p. page_xviii 3. Introduction - p. page_1 4. Chapter 1: Understanding the Public Apparatus: Opportunity, Dominion, Threat - p. page_3 5. Chapter 2: Digitalized Governance—An Embezzled Opportunity? - p. page_38 6. Chapter 3: Controlling Citizens or Controlling the State? - p. page_60 7. Chapter 4: Governing Through Technology and the Failure of Written Law - p. page_79 8. Part II: Understanding Governance: Fundamental Principles - p. page_108 9. Introduction - p. page_109 10. Chapter 5: Origins of Power and the Birth of the Public Apparatus - p. page_110 11. Chapter 6: Understanding Jural Relations and Governance - p. page_124 12. Part III: Governing the Public Apparatus Through Technology - p. page_139 13. Introduction - p. page_141 14. Chapter 7: Controlling Through Technology - p. page_142 15. Chapter 8: Semantic Technologies, Algorithmic Governance and Platforms - p. page_158 16. Chapter 9: Nonmediated Governance - p. page_172 17. Chapter 10: Model for Nonmediated Governance - p. page_186 18. Chapter 11: Economic Value of Technological Ecosystems - p. page_201 19. Part IV: Code as Law - p. page_216 20. Introduction - p. page_217 21. Chapter 12: Choosing Fitting Technology - p. page_218 22. Chapter 13: Describing Legal Rules through a System of Electronic Legal Acts - p. page_236 23. Chapter 14: Applied Nonmediated Governance: Common Scenarios - p. page_250 24. Summary and Outlook - p. page_271 25. Index - p. page_279
Smart City Governance examines public domain activities and services in the digital age, evaluating all facets of smart city e-governance that fosters a cohesive understanding for the emerging generation of advanced “digital natives. Exploring the tensions between political science and jurisprudence theories with the principles of societies and their alignment with legal systems, the book examines how governance systems can translate into the digital domain, addressing both the technical and legal dimensions. It offers a model for the technological foundation of governance, discussing existing technological components. The book concludes with a section on outlooks for further research.
1. Introduction - p. page_xiii 2. Part I: How Technology Challenges the Bureaucracy - p. page_xviii 3. Introduction - p. page_1 4. Chapter 1: Understanding the Public Apparatus: Opportunity, Dominion, Threat - p. page_3 5. Chapter 2: Digitalized Governance—An Embezzled Opportunity? - p. page_38 6. Chapter 3: Controlling Citizens or Controlling the State? - p. page_60 7. Chapter 4: Governing Through Technology and the Failure of Written Law - p. page_79 8. Part II: Understanding Governance: Fundamental Principles - p. page_108 9. Introduction - p. page_109 10. Chapter 5: Origins of Power and the Birth of the Public Apparatus - p. page_110 11. Chapter 6: Understanding Jural Relations and Governance - p. page_124 12. Part III: Governing the Public Apparatus Through Technology - p. page_139 13. Introduction - p. page_141 14. Chapter 7: Controlling Through Technology - p. page_142 15. Chapter 8: Semantic Technologies, Algorithmic Governance and Platforms - p. page_158 16. Chapter 9: Nonmediated Governance - p. page_172 17. Chapter 10: Model for Nonmediated Governance - p. page_186 18. Chapter 11: Economic Value of Technological Ecosystems - p. page_201 19. Part IV: Code as Law - p. page_216 20. Introduction - p. page_217 21. Chapter 12: Choosing Fitting Technology - p. page_218 22. Chapter 13: Describing Legal Rules through a System of Electronic Legal Acts - p. page_236 23. Chapter 14: Applied Nonmediated Governance: Common Scenarios - p. page_250 24. Summary and Outlook - p. page_271 25. Index - p. page_279