<Articles>Welfare Advocacy and Empowerment in Informational Society : Highlighting the Dimensions of (Tele) Democratic Governance
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Given the demise of the welfare state through post-welfare capitalism under pro-market reforms, the important question for activists is : How should the structure of public governance be reinvented using information and communication technologies (ICT) enhancements for better health and welfare? Highlighting the differential impacts of new democratic praxis on social agencies and the redistributive policy outcomes, this paper critically analyzes the growing production and supply-side bias in the use of ICT. It further argues that for the betterment of welfare projects, political and administrative institutions, actors, and citizens at large should develop the communicative will for social learning in the integrated, multimodal ICT networking of the teledemocracy (TD) regime, be it online or in real time. The first section of this paper addresses to the last two decades' twin developments of the crisis of welfare capitalism and the shift toward "digital capitalism, " paying special attention to the resulting problems of social inequality and the inadequacy of public governance over social development. Then, it examines the emerging governance structure : the supply-side bias in the use of ICT in service of health care reform. The subsequent sections discuss the alternative reform agenda and governance structure that are compatible with TD praxis and that can facilitate both advocacy and social learning processes. The paper ends with remarks on the issues and prospects of this project of reinvention.
- 関西学院大学の論文
- 2002-07-20
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