Informating Smart Cities Governance? Let Us First Understand the Atoms

This paper discusses the atomic factors that make up governance with a focus on Smart Cities informatability. The guiding question is whether or not, or how, respectively, governance can be informated; informatization is defined as the ability of systems to be steered/controlled/created from within...

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Published in:	Journal of the knowledge economy 2016-06, Vol.7 (2), p.329-343
Main Author:	Paulin, Alois
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Analysis Automation Bureaucracy Collaboration Communications technology Decision making Economic Policy Economic theory Economics Economics and Finance Electronic government Empowerment Entrepreneurship Industrial research Informatics Information systems Marketing Politics Public domain R & D/Technology Policy R&D Research & development Smart cities Society Studies Urban development
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Summary:	This paper discusses the atomic factors that make up governance with a focus on Smart Cities informatability. The guiding question is whether or not, or how, respectively, governance can be informated; informatization is defined as the ability of systems to be steered/controlled/created from within the digital dimension by means of software tools and applications. The disciplinary theories of Downs (public choice theory), Jellinek (Statuslehre), and Hohfeld (fundamental legal conceptions) are confronted with the abilities of modern information and communication technology in the quest to apply them for informatization of governance. It is found that the atomic components of governance identified by these theories cannot be directly informated; there is however indication for their indirect informatability, which is discussed further. The vision of a society in which governance is informated is presented after the discussion to aid in understanding of the context, its potentials, and the relevance of basic research for sustainable governance evolution.
ISSN:	1868-7865 1868-7873