A new book on goverance innovation has been announced by IGI Global, edited by Carlos Nunes Silva, from University of Lisbon. The book will be made available in June 2013.
Citizen E-Participation in Urban Governance Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity explores the nature of the new challenges confronting citizens and local governments in the field of urban governance.
This comprehensive reference source explores the role that Web 2.0 technologies play in promoting citizen participation and empowerment in the city government and is intended for scholars, researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of urban studies, urban planning, political science, public administration. Topics covered by the various sections include crowdsourcing, e-democracy, e-participation, geographic information management, open source in urban governance and more.
In this book we have contributed the chapter on social media pilicy making, consolidating and reflectng upon the PADGETS project experiences in Italy:
Policy Gadgets for Urban Governance in the Era of Social Computing: An Italian Pilot on Telemedicine
Enrico Ferro and Michele Osella (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella), Euripidis Loukis and Yannis Charalabidis
The book is to be made available by IGI and global electronic retailers in June 2013.
Find more at: http://www.igi-global.com/book/citizen-participation-urban-governance-crowds%20ourcing/74378
