Open government ideologies in post-soviet countries. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hansson, Karin; Talantsev, Anton; Nouri, Jalal; Ekenberg, Love; Lindgren, Tony
• Is Part Of: International journal of electronic governance. Volume 8:Number 3(2016)
• Page Start: 244
• Page End: 264
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: open government -- e-government -- e-participation -- democracy -- diversity -- deliberation -- freedom of information -- accountability -- interoperability -- post-Soviet countries -- electronic government -- electronic participation -- online participation -- collaboration -- innovation; Internet in public administration -- Periodicals; Electronic government information -- Periodicals; Political participation -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; 352.3802854678
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-7509

Abstract

Most research in research areas like e-government, e-participation and open government assumes a democratic norm. The open government (OG) concept is commonly based on a general liberal and deliberative ideology emphasising transparency, access, participation and collaboration, but also innovation and accountability are promoted. In this paper, we outline a terminology and suggest a method for how to investigate the concept more systematically in different policy documents, with a special emphasis on post-soviet countries. The result shows that the main focus in this regions OG policy documents is on freedom of information and accountability, and to a lesser extent on collaboration, while other aspects, such as diversity and innovation, are more rarely mentioned, if at all.