Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

7-2023

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of global networks on e-government development and the role of political regime types in e-government diffusion through international networks. We built a unique social network dataset that covers 148 countries for the years between 2003 and 2014. Our network dataset is rooted in two assumptions: 1) international organizations serve as peak organizations for international policy networks, 2) public managers who participate in international e-government conferences held by the UN and OECD work as boundary spanners. Our empirical evidence suggests that countries well embedded in global e-government networks receive ideas for public sector innovation from international conferences and show a high level of e-government development. However, political regime types serve as implicit and explicit filters of ideas for boundary-spanning activities. Ties between countries with the same political regime improve e-participation and ties between autocracies have a positive impact on online service delivery. However, ties between countries with different political regimes have no impact on e-participation and a negative influence on online service delivery. Thus, we debunk the democratic advantage perspective by demonstrating that democracies and autocracies have different ideas of and purposes for e-government.

Keywords

E-government, political regimes, networks, international relations

Discipline

Infrastructure | International Relations | Political Science

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

International Public Management Journal

Volume

26

Issue

4

First Page

507

Last Page

527

ISSN

1096-7494

Identifier

10.1080/10967494.2022.2077868

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Embargo Period

8-8-2024

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2022.2077868

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