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Romania's Digital Divide and the Failures of E-Government

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

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Title Romania's Digital Divide and the Failures of E-Government
 
Creator ŞANDOR, Sorin Dan; Associate professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
 
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Description This paper tries to measure the level of the digital divide existing in Romania and also to verify its relationship with e-government. At the country level, Romania is one of the least digitally developed countries in Europe, but it has shown a sharp increase in recent years. At the social level, based on data from public opinion surveys, digital divide is analyzed at two levels: lack of access and lack of knowledge. The results are similar to those in other countries: digital divide appears along the same dimensions: rural/urban, age, education, wealth and, to a lesser extent, gender. E-government services, while presumed to be at an adequate level, are used only by a very small number of citizens, thus having no impact upon the digital divide. Confronted with a serious divide, and with great possibility of its increasing, Romania needs to promote policies designed to increase access and knowledge. Also, e-government is not possible, unless administrative culture and procedures change.
 
Publisher Babes Bolyai University
 
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Date 2006-02-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/238
 
Source Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences; 2006: Issue No. 16 E/February; 154-162
1842-2845
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/238/232
 
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