New Technology, Organizational Change and Governance (eBook)

Emmanuelle Avril is Professor of Contemporary British Politics and Society, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France Christine Zumello is Professor of Contemporary American Politics and Society, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France.

List of Illustrations and tables List of contributors Note on Editors Introduction: Towards Organizational Democracy? Convergence and Divergence in Models of Economic and Political Governance; Emmanuelle Avril and Christine Zumello PART I: NEW PATHS OF GOVERNANCE  1. Arts Council England in the 2000s: Towards Digital Era Governance?; Cécile Doustaly 2. London Transport/Transport for London: The Unstable Mix of Politics, Management and Public Service Values; Roseline Théron 3. Financial Institutions and Political Parties in the USA: the Myth of Direct Access; Christine Zumello 4. From Campaign Finance to Obamacare. The Supreme Court Dis-empowering Voters and Parties: the Law of Intended Consequences?; Vincent Michelot PART II:  BREAKING ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES 5. New Challenges of Intra-party Democracy: Grassroots Activists, Instant Members and Cyber-militants; Susan Scarrow 6. From Grassroots to Netroots? The Evolution of Decision-Making in the British Labour Party; Emmanuelle Avril 7. The Scottish National Party and Organizational Democratisation; Nathalie Duclos 8. New Media, New Organizations, New Politics; James Morone 9. The Evolution of UK Parties in the Web 2.0 and Post-spin Era; Géraldine Castel PART III: EMERGING PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN 10. The Rise of Machines, the Fall of Organizations; Régine Hollander 11. Centralizing and Decentralizing Effects of Internet Technologies within the Citizen Trade Campaign Network; Jean-Baptiste Velut 12. Towards Leaderless Organizations? The Impact of New Technology on Leadership and Learning; Toby Coop 13. Political Marketing and Governance: Moving Towards the Political Partnership Model of Organization?; Jennifer Lees-Marshment Concluding Remarks Index