01289pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001600040245006400056260000900120300001400129362000800143520074100151650002700892650002600919773003100945909001000976999001700986952010401003180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPeled, Alon  aCentralization or diffusion? two tales of online government  c2001  ap.686-709  aJan  aCan the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet change the power relationships within a bureaucracy?  The dominant centralization approach argues that the existing power elite manipulates computers to perpetuate and augment its power.  Although not a coherent school of thought, other scholars suggest that technology can decentralize bureaucratic structures and diffuse bureaucratic power.  The little-known history of the ICT revolution in the Israeli public sector suggests that the same empirical evidence can be woven into two starkly different historical narratives supporting each of these approaches depending on the kinds of questions scholars ask at the onset of their research. - Reproduced  aInformation technology  aElectronic governance  aAdministration and Society  a47795  c47795d47795  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 32, Issue no: 6pAR48223r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR