New Problems for Old? Defining e-Governance

This paper explores the question of whether there are any material differences between e-governance and traditional concepts of governance? It proposes a definition of governance that differentiates between structural and normative governance and examines the influence of ICT on two examples of each of these. It argues that while ICT has little effect in some aspects of governance, it has a considerable impact in others and is likely to pose new challenges in the near future.