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Operationalising e-democracy through a system engineering approach in Mauritius and Australia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bungsraz, Soobhiraj
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Subjects:
Internet in public administration.
Systems engineering.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Acronyms
  • List of Figures
  • List of Terms
  • 1 Introduction: Representation as a Case for Upgrade
  • References
  • 2 The Idea of Democracy in Theory and Practice
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Decision Making and Democracy
  • 3 Evolution of Democratic Thought
  • 4 Democratic Deficit
  • 5 Representative Democracy a Compromise
  • 6 Legacy and Promise of E-Democracy
  • 7 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 E-Democracy
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Overview of E-Democracy
  • 3 E-Democracy Moments
  • 3.1 Steps Towards a Swiss E-Democracy
  • 3.2 Digitising the Electoral System of Representative Democracy
  • 4 Digital Technology and Some Lessons for Democracy
  • 4.1 Diverse Terminologies at an Infancy Stage
  • 4.2 The Application of ICTs: Context and Framework
  • 4.3 Political Will and Digital Leadership
  • 4.4 ICTs and Digital Divide
  • 4.5 Risks for Trusting the State's Digital Democracy
  • 5 Measurement of E-Democracy: A Virtual Process
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Systems Theory in Politics
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 An Overview of Systems Theory
  • 2.1 Systems Theory and Political Theorising: Eastonian Value Free Empiricism
  • 2.2 Systems Theory and Political Science: Towards Eastonian System Worldview
  • 3 Eastonian Contributions to Political Theory
  • 3.1 Eastonian Systems Analysis
  • 3.2 Eastonian Systems Equilibrium: Input/Output and Support Stress
  • 4 A Critique of Easton's Work
  • 4.1 Inconsistency to Understanding Values
  • 4.2 Inconsistency to Other Political Science Theory
  • 4.3 Inconsistency to Adapt Communication Field
  • 4.4 Inconsistencies with Parsimony and Abstraction
  • 4.5 Inconsistency to Applied Political Science
  • 4.6 Inconsistency to Engineering
  • 5 Relation Between Re-Emergence of State and Eastonian System Worldview
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 Understanding Systems Engineering
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Emergence of Systems Engineering
  • 3 Systems Engineering as End User's Need Centricity
  • 4 Some Key Terminology in Systems Engineering and Its Application to E-Democracy
  • 4.1 Configuration Item: An Elemental System in Systems Engineering
  • 4.2 Functional Configuration Items and Performance
  • 4.3 System of Systems
  • 4.4 Primitive Statement Conversion to Specification
  • 4.5 Agenda
  • 4.6 Scope Creep
  • 4.7 Configuration Management Plan
  • 4.8 Baselining
  • 4.9 Validation and Trustworthiness
  • 5 Requirements Process
  • 6 Configuration Management as Governance
  • 7 Systems Engineering Life Cycle Design
  • 7.1 Technological Obsolescence Risks
  • 8 Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 Applying Systems Engineering to Create an E-Democracy
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Systems Engineering Advances Decision Making and Control of the People
  • 3 Systems E-Democracy as Functional Configuration Item (FCI)
  • 4 Upgrading an Existing System to an E-Democracy