Title: Open government ideologies in post-soviet countries

Authors: Karin Hansson; Anton Talantsev; Jalal Nouri; Love Ekenberg; Tony Lindgren

Addresses: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, DSV Stockholm University, DSV, P.O. Box 7003, SE-164 07 Kista, Sweden ' Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, DSV Stockholm University, DSV, P.O. Box 7003, SE-164 07 Kista, Sweden ' Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, DSV Stockholm University, DSV, P.O. Box 7003, SE-164 07 Kista, Sweden ' Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, DSV, P.O. Box 7003, SE-164 07 Kista, Sweden; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schlossplatz 1 – A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria ' Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, DSV, P.O. Box 7003, SE-164 07 Kista, Sweden

Abstract: Most research in research areas like e-government, e-participation and open government assumes a democratic norm. The open government (OG) concept is commonly based on a general liberal and deliberative ideology emphasising transparency, access, participation and collaboration, but also innovation and accountability are promoted. In this paper, we outline a terminology and suggest a method for how to investigate the concept more systematically in different policy documents, with a special emphasis on post-soviet countries. The result shows that the main focus in this regions OG policy documents is on freedom of information and accountability, and to a lesser extent on collaboration, while other aspects, such as diversity and innovation, are more rarely mentioned, if at all.

Keywords: open government; e-government; e-participation; democracy; diversity; deliberation; freedom of information; accountability; interoperability; post-Soviet countries; electronic government; electronic participation; online participation; collaboration; innovation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2016.081386

International Journal of Electronic Governance, 2016 Vol.8 No.3, pp.244 - 264

Received: 12 May 2015
Accepted: 28 Jul 2016
Published online: 06 Jan 2017 *

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