Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful
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Wiki Government shows how to bring innovation to government. In explaining how to enhance political institutions with the power of networks, it offers a fundamental rethinking of democracy in the digital age. Collaborative democracy-government of the people, by the people, for the people-is an old dream. Today, Wiki Government shows how technology can make that dream a reality. In this thought-provoking book, Beth Simone Noveck illustrates how collaborative democracy strengthens public decisionmaking by connecting the power of the many to the work of the few. Equally important, she provides a step-by-step demonstration of how collaborative democracy can be designed, opening policymaking to greater participation. “Wiki Government” tells the story behind one of the most dramatic public sector innovations in recent years – inviting the public to participate in the patent examination process. Patent examiners usually work in secret, cut off from essential information and racing against the… More >>
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Beth Noveck has written a clear, cogent, practical “self-help” book for society as a whole.
“Wiki Government” delineates how technology can be leveraged to move us from wishful thinking concerning the myriad problems facing society to focused action. Noveck goes beyond analysis of the world’s ills; she uses current Internet capabilities to focus the vast resources of the many on tasks traditionally the purview of a tiny handful of government employees. The expertise of specialists in any given field, as well as the insights of serious lay people, can successfully confront problems that currently overwhelm government resources. At the same time, online collaboration, by linking people into a problem-solving team, can create feelings of shared responsibility and achievement that enhance mutuality and community, and thus strengthen society as a whole.
Noveck has accomplished something very rare: She has taken our dreams and shown how to render them real.