Local government reforms in Estonia: institutional context, intentions and outcomes

Local Government Reforms In Pakistan : Context , Content And Causes

Fractional Institutional Endeavors and eProcurement in Local Government

Although official Danish policy is to increase e-procurement in all public institutions, the push is facing severe challenges. We have surveyed e-procurement in Danish local government (n=152, response of 55%). It shows a reality lacking behind the rhetoric about the “professional shopper” implicit pushed by institutions that aims for increasing e-procurement. Government has decentralized and p...

Political Participation in Local Government: Social and Institutional Contexts

for providing the survey data for this study. I would also like to thank Craig Donahue for compiling the city and county demographic measures used in the analyses.

An Evaluation of E-Government in Estonia

This paper offers an evaluation of e-government in Estonia, which is usually seen as the most outstanding exemplar in Central and Eastern Europe. The analysis incorporates both the public sector initiatives and developments in the private sector in contributing to the evolution of e-government. Private sector agents are seen as endogenous, not exogenous, in explaining the e-government performan...

The Influence of External Institutional Pressures on Local E-Government Adoption and Implementation: A Coercive Perspective within an Indonesian Local E-Government Context

Adoption and implementation of e-government within local government organizations are influenced by many external factors. These factors are often perceived as forces or pressures that influence local government decisions to adopt and implement the initiatives. This study uses the concept of coercive force from institutional theory to explain those external pressures influencing egovernment ado...