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Toward the European administrative space: the role of e-government policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Francesco Amoretti  and
Fortunato Musella
Francesco Amoretti*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Political Science, Università degli Studi Salerno, Via Ponte don Mellillo – Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
Fortunato Musella*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Vico Monte di Pietà I, Naples, Italy
*
* E-mail: amoretti@unisa.it, fortunato.musella@unina.it
* E-mail: amoretti@unisa.it, fortunato.musella@unina.it
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Abstract

The ‘challenge of convergence’ has become a core element of the European policy-making agenda. Many programs have been initiated by European institutions with a view to ensure uniformity in administrative actions and structures. In this article, we will investigate the formation of a ‘European administrative space’ as a result of a process of convergence toward a common European model, looking, in particular, at the role of communication and information technologies. As numerous policy documents produced by the European Commission indicate, new technologies have the potential to create administrative systems that are integrated across the European context in terms of their semantic, organizational, and technical content. We will pay close attention to the role of technological standardization in promoting economic development and competitiveness, as well as considering security policy as an example of ‘homogenization through technology’.

Keywords

European administrative spacee-government policyinteroperabilitytechnological standardizationsecurity
Type
Research Article
Information
European Political Science Review , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , 25 February 2011 , pp. 35 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © European Consortium for Political Research 2011

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