Around the world, individuals and institutions are introducing new technologies, increasingly relying upon automated systems and other advances to produce better government. In this chapter, we review recent trends in electronic governance at the time of this writing, and we identify several ramifications for sustainability by examining ‘good’ governance in general.
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Mistree, D. (2007). Exploring e-Governance. In: Choucri, N., Mistree, D., Haghseta, F., Mezher, T., Baker, W.R., Ortiz, C.I. (eds) Mapping Sustainability. Alliance For Global Sustainability Bookseries, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6071-7_13
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