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  Current Projects
Members of our research team are involved in a number of research projects relating to Government on the Web, involving other universities and private sector partners and sponsored by the National Audit Office, research councils, the European Commission, private companies and charitable bodies.


For further information and other curent projects, please select a link from the list below:
   Citizen Redress click here
   OXLab - Oxford eXperimental Laboratory click here
   Book: The Tools of Government in the Digital Age click here
   Book: Digital Era Governance click here
Finished projects:
   Breaking Barriers to eGovernment click here
   Participation in Internet-mediated Interactions click here
   Elections in London click here

  The Tools of Government in the Digital Age
  A book by Professor Christopher C. Hood (Oxford) and Professor Helen Margetts (Oxford).

Has been published by Palgrave Macmillan on 20th July 2007 (order details).

Description
This important new work updates the arguments of Christopher Hood's classic work The Tools of Government for the Twenty-First century. Comprehensively revised throughout, it includes increased coverage of how government gets information and an assessment of how the tools available to government have changed over time.

Contents
  1. Exploring Governments' Toolshed
  2. Nodality
  3. Authority
  4. Treasure
  5. Organization
  6. Government as a Toolkit
  7. Alternative Approaches to the Tools of Government
  8. A Changing Mix of Government Tools in the Digital Age
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