Coordination of and Through E-Government: The Case of the Czech Republic

• Authors: David Špaček
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Although e-government as a research topic is rather embedded in public-administration literature, and coordination of and through e-government is visible in European countries, coordination of and through e-government has not been paid much attention. Consequently this paper deals with this topic. Its text outlines emerging coordination practices that can be observed in European countries, and it also indicates issues using the Czech e-government development and some key national initiatives as examples. Th e presented text concludes that although elements of strategic planning may become embedded and institutional and regulatory mechanisms stabilized in the country, other issues such as a weak accountability culture may exist and hinder coordination practices.

Keywords

EN

e-government; coordination; accountability; Central and Eastern European public administration

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 83-106

Dates

published

2014-06-01

online

2014-07-26

Contributors

author

David Špaček

• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/nispa-2014-0001