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Tue Dec 18 17:28:22 PST 2018


Technology and Institutional Change:

      This important study brings institutional theory and the adoption of
      Internet technologies by the modern state into sharper focus than any
      previous work. The "Virtual State" is one in which networked,
      computerized information systems and interorganizational networks
      rather than bureaucratic agencies increasingly become the locus of
      government. The book integrates a vast amount of theoretical work
      from several disciplines to formulate an analytic framework and
      provides three very interesting case studies in the development of
      "virtual agencies." The seven propositions that constitute a
      summation of the theoretical material are clear, intelligent, and
      thought-provoking. The prose is spare but not simple, and the
      endnotes are rich and detailed. This pathbreaking study clears away
      much nonsense about information technology in government
      organizations and gives future researchers in a number of fields an
      intellectual framework with which to begin to understand significant
      future events. One can only hope that practitioners and policy
      analysts read this book as the war on terrorism proceeds and agencies
      are increasingly forced to deal with Internet technologies.

Fountain has been at the forefront of development of the new field of
global technology and governance.  The National Center for Digital
Government, founded and led by Fountain, is the pre-eminent research center
in the world to focus on global information and communications technology,
institutions, and governance.  The Center's mission is to build global
research capacity, to advance practice, and to strengthen the network of
researchers engaged in the analysis, development, use, and implications of
information and communication technology and government.






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