DIRECTIONS
Through the first five weeks of this course, some of your assumptions may have been challenged. You also may have learned new information that provides a historical context or a global context—or both—that may have been lacking in the past.
With your current understanding and perspectives from the past five weeks, what are the most important principles to proper public administration in the U.S. today? Choose three principles to discuss.
In what ways might the rapid increase in capacity and influence of technology companies (and those who control them) threaten U.S. democracy?
How are democracies in more developing countries dealing with the threat and opportunity of big tech?
REFERENCES THAT CAN BE USED
Websites
Governance – The Concept of Governance and Public Governance Theories
Reference: Katsamunska, Polya, (2016), The Concept of Governance and Public Governance Theories, Economic Alternatives, issue 2, p. 133-141, https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nwe:eajour:y:2016:i:2:p:133-141.
Governance in an era of big tech – Public administration, public leadership and the construction of public value in the age of the algorithm and “big data”
Reference: Andrews, L. Public administration, public leadership and the construction of public value in the age of the algorithm and “big data”. Public Admin. 2019 97: 296– 310. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12534
Governance in an era of big tech – Era of accelerating digital convergence: security, surveillance, data, privacy, big tech, and politics.
Reference: TASCHNER, J. (2021). Era of Accelerating Digital Convergence: Security, Surveillance, Data, Privacy, Big Tech, and Politics. American University International Law Review, 36(4), 773–844
