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Information technology, democracy and self-determination: A study of four cities'' effort to adopt open source technologies |
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Name: WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
URL: http://www.csus.edu/ORG/WPSA/
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| Cassell, Mark. "Information technology, democracy and self-determination: A study of four cities'' effort to adopt open source technologies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Manchester Hyatt, San Diego, California, Mar 20, 2008 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p238327_index.html> |
APA Citation:
| Cassell, M. , 2008-03-20 "Information technology, democracy and self-determination: A study of four cities'' effort to adopt open source technologies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Manchester Hyatt, San Diego, California Online <PDF>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p238327_index.html |
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| Information technology democracy and self-determination: A study of four cities'' effort to adopt open source technologies Mark Cassell Associate Professor Department of Political Science Kent State University Kent Ohio 44242 mcassell@kent.edu ABSTRACT This paper examines empirically why local government choose to adopt free/open source (FOSS) technology what factors that affect implementation and what consequences stem from a policy to migrate away from Windows to FOSS alternatives. Drawing on a comparative case study of four European cities the research finds |
| 10 OSS Interest groups Yes Yes Yes Yes 10 involvement Legal factors No No Yes Yes 10 The federalist system Yes Yes Yes Yes 10 Union involvement Yes Yes Yes Yes 9 Technical limitations Yes No Yes Yes 9 Personal - expertise Yes Yes No Yes 8 City size Yes No Yes No 4 Lack of resources Yes No Yes No 2 Age of Personnel No No No Yes 2 |
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