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.
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