TY - BOOK AU - Ackoff,Russell AU - Alesch,Daniel J. AU - Black,Harold AU - Boguslaw,Robert AU - Brooks,Edward Μ. AU - Brown,Edmund AU - Brzezinski,Zbigniew AU - Chartrand,Robert L. AU - Conlisk,G.Michael AU - Conrad,Thomas Μ. AU - Dial,Oliver Ε. AU - Diebold,John AU - Downs,Anthony AU - Dunn,Edgar AU - Enthoven,Alain AU - Ferry,W.Η. AU - Fromm,Erich AU - Gallagher,Cornelius Ε. AU - Gallati,Robert R.J. AU - Genensky,S.Μ. AU - Griffel,David AU - Gross,Bertram Μ. AU - Hoos,Ida R. AU - Kraemer,Kenneth L. AU - Lasswell,Harold D. AU - Mcintosh,Stuart AU - Mendel,Arthur P. AU - Mesthene,Emmanuel G. AU - Michael,Donald Ν. AU - Mitchel,William Η. AU - Morse,Philip Μ. AU - Mushkin,Selma AU - Oettinger,Anthony G. AU - Pool,Ithiel De Sola AU - Ramo,Simon AU - Sackman,Harold AU - Schelling,Thomas AU - Schlesinger,James AU - Shaw,Edward AU - Strausz-Hupé,Robert AU - Weiner,Myron Ε. AU - Westin,Alan F. AU - Wilensky,Harold L. TI - Information Technology in a Democracy T2 - Harvard Studies in Technology and Society SN - 9780674436954 AV - JK468.A8 U1 - 353.008/1 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Democracy KW - Democratie KW - Demokratie KW - Démocratie KW - Informatietechnologie KW - Information technology KW - Information KW - Management information systems KW - Openbaar bestuur KW - Öffentliche Verwaltung KW - Public records KW - Systèmes d'information de gestion KW - Public administration -- Data processing KW - Public records -- United States KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Prologue: Of Technological Visions and Democratic Politics --; I. Descriptions of the Developing Systems by Their Advocates --; Introduction --; A. The Databank and Information Systems Route --; Detroit’s Social Data Bank --; The “Logic” Information System --; The New York State Identification and Intelligence System --; The United Planning Organization’s Social Databank --; B. The Management Science Route --; PPB and Vietnam --; PPB in New York State --; PPB in Cities --; Program Budgeting for the State Department --; Systems Analysis in East Lansing --; Systems Analysis in the Pentagon --; Putting Operations Research to Work --; The Systems Approach to Social Problems --; Congress Needs the Systems Approach --; System Development Corporation --; TRW (Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge) Systems --; The RAND Projects in New York City --; California Hires the Aerospace Companies --; II. “Control Technology” in a Democracy: The Broad Socio-Political Debate --; Introduction --; How Technology Will Shape the Future --; Moving into a Technetronic Society --; The Great Refusal of Technetronic Society --; Technology’s Uninvited Guests --; Policy Problems of a Data-Rich Civilization --; Humanizing a Technological Society --; The Need for New Constitutional Controls --; Computing Power in Real Time --; A Public Philosophy for Real Time Information Systems --; III. The Information Function in Organizational Decision-Making --; Introduction --; Information Systems and Social Knowledge --; A Bull’s Eye View of Information Systems --; Management Misinformation Systems --; Distinguishing Statistical and Intelligence Systems --; The Road from Information to Knowledge --; IV. Emerging Information Systems: The Policy Debates --; Introduction --; A. Databanks --; Democratic Participation and Technological Planning --; Civil Liberties Issues in Public Databanks --; The Political Payoffs in Urban Information Systems --; Why There Are No Urban Information Systems Yet --; A Model for Urban Information Systems --; Trends and Directions for Urban Information Systems --; B. Management Science Techniques --; The New Systems Budgeting --; PPB for Police Forces --; PPB and the Complexities of Foreign Affairs --; Two-and-a-Half Cheers for Systems Analysis --; When California System-Analyzed the Welfare Problem --; Systems of Power and the Power of Systems --; Defense Systems Approaches in the Civil Sector --; Systems Experts: Foxes in the Henhouse --; The Cities Can’t Pay for Aerospace Work --; Systems Analysis and the Liberal Establishment --; Bibliography Index --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674436978 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674436978 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674436978/original ER -