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Explaining programmes for change: Electronic government policy in Italy (1993 -- 2003)

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  • Valentina Mele

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This paper examines Electronic Government (E-Government) policy in Italy (1993 -- 2003) as an instance of Programme for change, defined as explicit and intentional efforts of central agencies to introduce, spread and sustain government-wide innovative practices. Literature on both public management reform and on innovation management has left Programmes for change an area that is under explored. Understanding why they start, how they operate, how they interact with the context - institutions, political actors, bureaucrats' behaviour and beliefs - and what role is played by individual policy entrepreneurs needs to be further examined. This paper addresses these questions by analysing recent experiences of E-Government policy in Italy from an institutional processualist approach. It does so in a country where such a complex Programme came into existence and became a mainstay of the modernization issue despite a tumultuous political context.

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  • Valentina Mele, 2008. "Explaining programmes for change: Electronic government policy in Italy (1993 -- 2003)," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(1), pages 21-49, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:10:y:2008:i:1:p:21-49
    DOI: 10.1080/14719030701763179
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    1. Marco Di Giulio & Giancarlo Vecchi, 2023. "How “institutionalization” can work. Structuring governance for digital transformation in Italy," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 40(3), pages 406-432, May.
    2. Teo, Thompson S.H. & Koh, Tat Koon, 2010. "Lessons from multi-agency information management projects: Case of the Online Business Licensing Service (OBLS) Project, Singapore," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 85-93.

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