آسيب شناسي دولت الكترونيك : تحول غير دموكراتيك در سياست گذاري عمومي

PUPLIC POLICY, DEMOCRACY, TECHNOCRACY AND E-GOVERNMENT: PATHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Assistant Professor of Political Science Department The main argument of this article is that e-government and democracy are not necessarily parallel and preenting them as similar is based on a technocratic perspective which itself is founded upon a positive epistemology and an interpretation that considers legitimacy as effectiveness in political arena the fundamental question is that how e-government works towards strengthening of democracy. Does increased efficiency ʹ and effectiveness in ofering the services to the citizens mean consolidating democracy? The answer to this question with respect to the prevailing global reality in which many undemocratic governments offer proper services even through the means of new electronic and information technology, is no. This article intends to deal with democracy and electronic government from a pathological perspective. Electronic government by nature requires electronic expertise, a skill that only a technobureaucrats master. This leads to technocracy, therefore, restricting the choices by people or their representatives. This phenomenon is even more acute in the so-called third world countries.