The Techno-cadre's Dream
Administrative Reform by Electronic Governance in China Today
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3839007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johan Lagerkvist (Lund University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-216 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | China Information (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0920-203X • E-ISSN: 1741-590X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0920203x05054681 |
| OpenAlex | W2022817105 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 6 |
In this article the views and agenda of China's techno-cadres, that is, the top-level advisors planning and implementing e-government projects, are scrutinized. Their goals for Chinese e-government not only focus on electronic service delivery to business-the ambition is to make the authoritarian governing process less opaque to citizens. Just as the former Premier Zhu Rongji used the WTO agreement to push overall reform, reform-minded techno-cadres utilize the expansion of e-government to further promote zaizao, that is, the restructuring to a more effective bureaucracy and a more transparent governance process. Nevertheless, China's electronic government projects at various levels are still driven by a top-down approach and consequently electronic services are not helping Chinese people to hold government accountable. In the short run, the government seems more likely to be a winner than the Chinese population in the introduction of e-government projects. The documents analyzed in this article show that there are limits that even the techno-cadres do not wish to, and cannot, transcend
Authoritarianism · Bureaucracy · Business · China · Chinese Dream · Corporate governance · Democracy · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Population · Process (computing · Public relations · Restructuring · Service (business · Sociology · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · ICT Impact and Policies · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics · Finance · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2021 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |