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9780817359881 |
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CUS |
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pcc |
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H368 2015 |
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352.38 |
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HAQ/S |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Haque, Akhlaque |
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32036 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Surveillance, Transparency, and Democracy: Public Administration in the Information Age |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Tuscaloosa: |
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University of Alabama Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2015. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Tuscaloosa : |
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University Alabama Press, |
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[2015] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 153p. |
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24 cm. |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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Public administration : criticism and creativity |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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1. Value of Information<br/>2. Value of public Service<br/>3. Leadership, Ethnic and Technology<br/>4. Introduction to the Theory of Information |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"In this well-informed yet anxious age, public administrators have constructed vast cisterns that collect and interpret a meteoric shower of facts. In Surveillance, Transparency, and Democracy, Akhlaque Haque demonstrates that this pervasive use and increasing dependence on information technology (IT) enables sophisticated and well-intentioned public services that nevertheless risk deforming public policy decision-making. Haque sees the contradiction at the core of a public that seeks services that require a level of data collection that triggers fears of a tyrannical police state. Haque begins by explaining that information has become a vital resource, offering a theoretical framework for its analysis. He then shows that an organization's information-gathering skill is reflected in its IT sophistication, but warns that successful IT strategies can by stunted by symbolic but shallow gestures such as the appointment of a "Chief Information Officer." He further outlines how the dependence on IT can create a reflex for IT solutions that fail to reflect the values of the citizenry they're intended to serve. Haque posits that IT's potential as a tool for human development depends on how civil servants and citizens actively engage in identifying desired outcomes, map IT solutions to those outcomes, and routinize the applications of those solutions. This leads to his call for the development of entrepreneurs who generate innovative solutions to critical human needs and problems. In his powerful summary, Haque recaps possible answers to the question: "What is the best way a public institution can apply technology to improving the human condition?" Haque masterfully flexes between crisp logical arguments and a deep empathy for human values. He finds apt metaphors that bring multifaceted scenarios into clear focus for experts and laymen alike. Engrossing, challenging, and important, Surveillance, Transparency, and Democracy is essential reading for both policy makers as well as the great majority of readers and citizens engaged in contemporary arguments about the role of government, public health and security, individual privacy, data collection, and surveillance. "-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"The End of Surveillance investigates public administration's increasing dependence on technology and how its pervasive use in complex and interrelated socioeconomic and political affairs has outstripped the ability of many public administrators and the public to grasp the consequences of their choices. Akhlaque Haque sees the contradiction at the core of a public that seeks services that require a level of data collection that triggers fears of a tyrannical police state"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Internet in public administration. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Public Administration |
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Information Resources Management. |
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32037 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Transparency (Ethics) in government. |
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32038 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Electronic Government Information. |
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13364 |
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General Books |
