Technologies of government : politics and power in the information age

• Main Author: Baez, Benjamin (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2014]
• Series: Studies in the philosophy of education.
• Subjects: Internet in public administration.; Government information.; Political statistics.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Philosophy and theory of education.; Educational strategies and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806612130
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-794-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 157 pages)

In this book, Baez examines a series of governmental "technologies" that he believes strongly characterize our present. The technologies that he addresses in this book are information, statistics, databases, economy, and accountability. He offers arguments about the role these technologies...