New technology, organizational change, and governance

"The advent of globalisation and the continued development of new information technology has created an environment in which the one certainty for organisations is that they cannot cling to archaic, centralised and hierarchical models. The increased fluidity and speed of the global environment call for horizontal networked structures, where decisions are achieved through collaborative mechanisms, rather than pyramidal models. New processes have been emerging, in particular the practices of deliberative and participatory governance, with increased stakeholder and citizen inclusion and participation, greater use and reliance on networks of organisations, and efforts to resolve conflict through dialogue. New forms of organizations, networks, coalitions and partnerships, as well as the promises of open sourcing and the collaborative horizontal model point towards a new governance apparatus in which relationship-based patterns can project and protect a human dimension in this digital world. This book will prove invaluable to all those who are interested in participatory governance and organisational change"--

Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations and tables -- List of contributors -- Note on Editors -- 1. Introduction: Towards Organizational Democracy? Convergence and Divergence in Models of Economic and Political Governance; Emmanuelle Avril and Christine Zumello -- PART I: NEW PATHS OF GOVERNANCE -- 2. Arts Council England in the 2000s: Towards Digital Era Governance?; Ce;cile Doustaly -- 3. London Transport/Transport for London: The Unstable Mix of Politics, Management and Public Service Values; Roseline Theron -- 4. Financial Institutions and Political Parties in the USA: the Myth of Direct Access; Christine Zumello -- 5. From Campaign Finance to Obamacare.The Supreme Court Dis-empowering Voters and Parties: the Law of Intended Consequences?; Vincent Michelot -- PART II: BREAKING ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES -- 6. New Challenges of Intra-party Democracy: Grassroots Activists, Instant Members and Cyber-militants; Susan Scarrow -- 7. From Grassroots to Netroots? The Evolution of Decision-Making in the British Labour Party; Emmanuelle Avril -- 8. The Scottish National Party and Organizational Democratisation; Nathalie Duclos -- 9. New Media, New Organizations, New Pol…