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Title:
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E-GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION: A NEW ZEALAND CASE STUDY |
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Author(s):
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Barbara J. Crump |
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ISBN:
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972-98947-5-2 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Piet Kommers and Maggie McPherson |
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Year:
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2004 |
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Edition:
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2 |
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Keywords:
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Community computing, e-government, digital divide, ICT, social inclusion. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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816 |
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Last Page:
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820 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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As the technological age matures Western governments, in particular, are developing socially inclusive strategies to close
the digital divide. One approach is to develop community computing initiatives to up skill individuals and groups
identified as being at risk of exclusion from the digital world. In New Zealand the e-Government project is gaining
momentum with the expectation that this will allow all New Zealanders access to government information and services,
and participate in democracy using the Internet, telephones and other technologies as they emerge. Before this vision can
be realized citizens must have the skills and the access in order to participate in government within the digital information
age. This paper describes a community digital divide project which was established in Newtown, a low socio-economic
suburb of New Zealands capital city, Wellington. Evaluation of the project is made using Warschauers (2002)
Framework of Technology for Social Inclusion. |
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