Civic Technology: How can emerging technology help bring society and the government closer together?

The term "civic technology" refers to software that improves the interaction between the people and the government by facilitating communication, decision-making, service delivery, and the political process. Civic technology is also known as "civic tech." It encompasses information and communications technology that provides the government with support in the form of software that was developed by community-led teams consisting of volunteers, nonprofits, consultants, and private companies. It also includes tech teams that work within the government and are known as embedded tech teams.

How You Will Benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Civic technology

Chapter 2: e-government

Chapter 3: E-democracy

Chapter 4: Center for Democracy and Technology

Chapter 5: Civic engagement

Chapter 6: e-participation

Chapter 7: mySociety

Chapter 8: Open government

Chapter 9: Participatory Politics Foundation

Chapter 10: Digital citizen

Chapter 11: Citizen sourcing

Chapter 12: OpenGov Foundation

Chapter 13: Civic application

Chapter 14: Digital India

Chapter 15: Pia Mancini

Chapter 16: World Forum for Democracy

Chapter 17: Politics and technology

Chapter 18: Civic technology companies

Chapter 19: Brigade Media

Chapter 20: Comparison of civic technology platforms

Chapter 21: Tiago C. Peixoto

(II) Answering the public top questions about civic technology.

(III) Real world examples for the usage of civic technology in many fields.

(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of civic technology' technologies.

Who This Book Is For

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of civic technology.