Wiki Government

Collaborative democracy-government with the people-is a new vision of governance in the digital age. Wiki Government explains how to translate the vision into reality. Beth Simone Noveck draws on her experience in creating Peer-to-Patent, the federal government's first social networking initiative, to show how technology can connect the expertise of the many to the power of the few. In the process, she reveals what it takes to innovate in government. Praise for the hardcover edition of Wiki Government Noveck's approach to e-governance is to study where citizen online collaboration can have an impact, and she shows that one can design for participatory democracy with compelling results.A" -Library Journal A well-argued and fact-filled promotion of expertocracy,A" the ways in which experts can contribute their narrow skills to specific problems.A" -Science With a compelling blend of high theory and practical know-how, Beth Noveck explains how political institutions can directly engage the public to solve complex problems and create a better democracy.A" -Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO, Google Inc. Visionary and pragmatic...A brilliant book and a truly extraordinary achievement.A " -Cass R. Sunstein, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Not just for tech geeks and policy wonks but also for the millions of Americans who demonstrated in 2008 how eager they are to engage individually in government reform.A"-John Podesta, president and CEO, Center for American Progress, and former White House chief of staff