What Is Civic Technology
The term “civic technology” refers to software that improves the interaction between the people and the government by facilitating communication, decision-making, service delivery, and the political process. Civic technology is also known as “civic tech.” It encompasses information and communications technology that provides the government with support in the form of software that was developed by community-led teams consisting of volunteers, nonprofits, consultants, and private companies. It also includes tech teams that work within the government and are known as embedded tech teams.
How You Will Benefit
(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:
Chapter 1: Civic technology
Chapter 2: e-government
Chapter 3: E-democracy
Chapter 4: Center for Democracy and Technology
Chapter 5: Civic engagement
Chapter 6: e-participation
Chapter 7: mySociety
Chapter 8: Open government
Chapter 9: Participatory Politics Foundation
Chapter 10: Digital citizen
Chapter 11: Citizen sourcing
Chapter 12: OpenGov Foundation
Chapter 13: Civic application
Chapter 14: Digital India
Chapter 15: Pia Mancini
Chapter 16: World Forum for Democracy
Chapter 17: Politics and technology
Chapter 18: Civic technology companies
Chapter 19: Brigade Media
Chapter 20: Comparison of civic technology platforms
Chapter 21: Tiago C. Peixoto
(II) Answering the public top questions about civic technology.
(III) Real world examples for the usage of civic technology in many fields.
(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of civic technology' technologies.
Who This Book Is For
Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of civic technology.
