E-Governance has been one of the strategic sectors of reform in
India since late 1990s under the rubric of good governance agenda
promoted by International Organizations. As India s policy focus
changed towards economic liberalization, deregulation and
privatization proliferating domestic and foreign investment, ICT
(Information Communication Technology) has been one of the leading
areas for such heightened investment. Consequently, there has been
a burgeoning interest in deploying ICT, in revamping the public
service delivery and eventually the overall system of
governance.
This book analyses e-Governance in India and argues that such
initiatives did not take place in isolation but followed in the
footsteps of broader governance reform agenda that has already made
considerable impact on the discourses and practices of governance
in India. Employing interdisciplinary methodology by combining
approaches from the Political Sciences, Sociology and Postcolonial/
transcultural studies, this book presents a qualitative account of
the policies and practices of e-Governance reform in India along
with a detailed case study of the Common Services Centres (CSCs)
Scheme under the National e-Governance Plan of the Government of
India and its resultant impact on the overall system of governance.
It unfolds general theoretical issues in terms of the relationship
between technology and governance and the entanglement of politics,
technology and culture in the complex whole of governance. This
furthers our understanding of the impact of the transnational
governance reform agenda on post-colonial and post-communist
societies of the developing world.
Making an important and original contribution to the emerging
field of e-Governance and to the existing body of research on
governance in general, this book will be of interest to students
and scholars of Political Science, Political Sociology, South Asian
Politics and Governance."
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