Varieties of Software and Their Implications for Effective Democratic Government

Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. 135, pp. 183-185, 2006

26 Pages Posted: 31 May 2006

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L. Jean Camp

Indiana University Bloomington - School of Informatics and Computing

Abstract

As governmental processes and judgments are increasingly digital, the transparency of digital systems that implement the processes of government becomes increasingly important. Open code is a necessary but not sufficient prerequisite for maintaining transparency as democracy becomes digitized, and complete openness of process is not appropriate for every domain. This chapter explores some of the complexities in the relationship between openness of code and democratic government.

Keywords: Business and Government Policy, Information Technology, Open Source, Open Code, free software, Peer production, Transparency

JEL Classification: H4, D73, N4, O3, H11

Suggested Citation

Camp, L. Jean, Varieties of Software and Their Implications for Effective Democratic Government. Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. 135, pp. 183-185, 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=905277

L. Jean Camp (Contact Author)

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