Citizenville : how to take the town square digital and reinvent government / Gavin Newsom with Lisa Dickey.
Author: Newsom, Gavin Christopher, 1967-
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2013.
ISBN: 9781594204722 (hbk.)
1594204721 (hbk.)
Description: xxii, 249 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject: Internet in public administration United States.
Democracy United States.
Political participation United States.
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COMPUTERS / Web / General. bisacsh
Notes: Includes index.
Contents: How did we get here? -- Tear down that wall! -- Living in a glass house -- There's an app for that -- It's the platform, Stupid -- Angry birds for democracy -- The X factor -- By the people, for the people -- Armies of Davids -- Ready, fire, aim -- The postpartisan age.
Summary: "By integrating democratic government with cutting-edge American innovation, the lieutenant governor of California charts a bright future for open-source America. Citizenville is the story of how ordinary citizens can use new digital tools to dissolve political gridlock and transform American democracy"--