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100			_aPeled, Alon
245			_aCentralization or diffusion? two tales of online government
260			_c2001
300			_ap.686-709
362			_aJan
520			_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
650			_aInformation technology
650			_aElectronic governance
773			_aAdministration and Society
909			_a47795
999			_c47795 _d47795