Wiki government : how technology can make government better, democracy stronger, and citizens more powerful /

Noveck, Beth Simone, 1971-

Wiki government : how technology can make government better, democracy stronger, and citizens more powerful / Beth Simone Noveck. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009. - xxii, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and index.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Collaborative democracy and the changing nature of expertise
Peer-to-patent : a modest proposal
The single point of failure
Peer-to-patent and the patent challenge
Patents and the information deficit
Designing for collaborative democracy
Thinking in wiki
Social life of information
History of citizen participation
Citizen participation in a collaborative democracy
Lessons learned

"In explaining how to enhance political institutions with the power of networks, examines the Peer-to-Patent project. Discusses its design challenges faced in creating software to distill online collaboration into useful expertise. Explains how law, policy, and technology can be revamped to help government work in more open, participatory ways"--Provided by publisher.

9780815705109 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815705107 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780815702757 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815702752 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Political participation--Technological innovations--United States.
Participación política --Innovaciones tecnológicas --Estados Unidos
Wikis (Computer science)--Political aspects--United States.
Wikis (Informática) --Aspectos políticos --Estados Unidos
Patent practice--Technological innovations--United States--Case studies.
Práctica de patentes --Innovaciones tecnológicas --Estados Unidos


United States--Politics and government--21st century.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno

JK 1764 / N937w 2009

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