Postmodernism does not have a standard definition. However, this paper tries to formulate the characteristics of postmodernism based on various ideas from some postmodernism figures. There are five characteristics of postmodernism which successfully formulated. Based on these five characteristics, this paper looks at the differences between postmodernism with its predecessor, that is modernism....

The new face of government is electronic. Prior to the development of e-government, adoption of small-scale computing and networking in homes and businesses created the world of e-business, where computer technologies mediate transactions once performed face-toface. Through the use of computers large and small, companies reduce costs, standardize performance, extend hours of service, and increa...

The Information and Communication Technologies play an important role in rural development. The Empowerment of rural communities is crucial for the development of the rural region. Bringing the people in the rural region in the mainstream of the digital technologies to access and adopt modern technologies is a major concern now. Rural Development implies both, the economic development of the pe...

This research analyzes the development of e-government in Jordan readiness; depending on the United Nations indicators during the time period from 2003 to 2012.This study can help in the development of proposals, plans and strategies to improve the level of e-government in Jordan. This, in turn, is expected to enhance the quality of the respective citizen services while reducing its cost and in...

This paper is conceptual in nature: in it, we seek to identify the current trends of State transformation, combine them with the changes in the new information and communication technologies, and extrapolate this combination into the near future. More precisely, the goal of the paper is to analyse how the New Information and Communication Technologies shape the newly emerging governance mechani...

The article aims to investigate how key e-Governance dimensions related to openness, such as transparency and accountability, which are a necessary condition for reaching a high maturity of e-Government, may not be sufficient for open government. For this purpose, an interpretative framework to identify country attitudes towards Open Government is proposed and it is applied to two cases drawn f...

The primary aim of the e-government applications is the fast citizen service and the accomplishment of governmental functions. This fact, combined with the increasing familiarization of the citizens with the new technologies, has led to a generic transition of the governmental models from the traditional to the electronic administration. In addressing the above context, this manuscript presents...

This article provides a broad overview of the likely global/ regional contextual factors and unique national characteristics that influence e-commerce diffusion in Singapore. Our analysis suggests that Singapore is likely to be a very fast adopter of e-commerce applications that have relatively proven business models in other advanced countries. In particular, advanced manufacturing clusters in...

E-government interoperability is not something new. However, this term has grown in importance as a result of the need to design and offer more sophisticated and complex e-government services that, many times, require the collaboration of two or more public institutions. Meaningful research on this topic could therefore be helpful in providing a basis for more clarity, insight, and understandin...

This article presents survey of different e-government frameworks. After the new technologies that have been happened in the last decade therefore all countries move towards updating and developing their government into electronic government (egovernment). E-Government has become a global phenomenon. There have been some great innovations in e-government over the last decade. Some governments c...