New Technology, Organizational Change and Governance

By Emmanuelle Avril

Book Overview

List of Illustrations and tables List of contributors Note on Editors Introduction: Towards Organizational Democracy? Convergence and Divergence in Models of Economic and Political Governance; Emmanuelle Avril and Christine Zumello PART I: NEW PATHS OF GOVERNANCE 1. Arts Council England in the 2000s: Towards Digital Era Governance?; C?cile Doustaly 2. London Transport/Transport for London: The Unstable Mix of Politics, Management and Public Service Values; Roseline Th?ron 3. Financial Institutions and Political Parties in the USA: the Myth of Direct Access; Christine Zumello 4. From Campaign Finance to Obamacare. The Supreme Court Dis-empowering Voters and Parties: the Law of Intended Consequences?; Vincent Michelot PART II: BREAKING ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES 5. New Challenges of Intra-party Democracy: Grassroots Activists, Instant Members and Cyber-militants; Susan Scarrow 6. From Grassroots to Netroots? The Evolution of Decision-Making in the British Labour Party; Emmanuelle Avril 7. The Scottish National Party and Organizational Democratisation; Nathalie Duclos 8. New Media, New Organizations, New Politics; James Morone 9. The Evolution of UK Parties in the Web 2.0 and Post-spin Era; G?raldine Castel PART III: EMERGING PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN 10. The Rise of Machines, the Fall of Organizations; R?gine Hollander 11. Centralizing and Decentralizing Effects of Internet Technologies within the Citizen Trade Campaign Network; Jean-Baptiste Velut 12. Towards Leaderless Organizations? The Impact of New Technology on Leadership and Learning; Toby Coop 13. Political Marketing and Governance: Moving Towards the Political Partnership Model of Organization?; Jennifer Lees-Marshment Concluding Remarks Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349442917
• ISBN13: 9781349442911
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"