[ecrea] New book : Emmanuelle Avril, Christine Zumello (eds), New Technologies, ...

From : Emmanuelle AVRIL <(emmanuelle.avril /at/ wanadoo.fr)>

Dear Colleagues,

This message to announce the publication of the following book:

Emmanuelle Avril, Christine Zumello (eds), /New Technologies, 
Organizational Change and Governance/, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 
(http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=629348)

Description:

The advent of globalisation and the continued development of new 
information technology has created an environment in which the one 
certainty for organisations is that they cannot cling to archaic, 
centralised and hierarchical models. The increased fluidity and speed of 
the global environment call for horizontal networked structures, where 
decisions are achieved through collaborative mechanisms, rather than 
pyramidal models. New processes have been emerging, in particular the 
practices of deliberative and participatory governance, with increased 
stakeholder and citizen inclusion and participation, greater use and 
reliance on networks of organisations, and efforts to resolve conflict 
through dialogue. New forms of organizations, networks, coalitions and 
partnerships, as well as the promises of open sourcing and the 
collaborative horizontal model point towards a new governance apparatus 
in which relationship-based patterns can project and protect a human 
dimension in this digital world. This book will prove invaluable to all 
those who are interested in participatory governance and organisational 
change.

Reviews:

"The Internet is tied to initiatives aimed at democratizing governance 
in order to empower organizations in a post-bureaucratic era. This 
volume brings together a complementary array of international scholars 
to provide a theoretically rich understanding of the potential of new 
paradigms and practices. This is must reading for anyone with a serious 
interest in the structures and dynamics of organizations." - William 
Dutton, Professor of Internet Studies, Oxford Internet Institute, 
University of Oxford, UK

"This is a valuable contribution on an issue that is only going to get 
more and more important as time goes on. It makes for a 
thought-provoking, wide-ranging, and insightful exploration of the ways 
in which traditional political organization and governance has been both 
dynamized and disrupted by new technologies and the great expectations 
which they have helped to create." - Tim Bale, Professor and Chair in 
Politics, School of Politics and International Studies, Queen Mary, 
University of London, UK

Contents:

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