Title: Technological equity: an international perspective of e-government and societal divides

Authors: Aroon Manoharan, Tony J. Carrizales

Addresses: Department of Political Science, Kent State University, 302 Bowman Hall, Kent OH 44242, USA. ' School of Management, Marist College, 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA

Abstract: The following paper looks at technological equity from an international perspective. Utilising survey data of international municipal Web portals as well as existing United Nations data, this research evaluates existing divides throughout the world. We also note that there exists a relationship between the digital divide and other societal divides. Therefore, we conclude that the |digital divide| should continue to fall within the discussion of social equity, given the continued dependence of government to provide service via the internet.

Keywords: e-government; web portals; municipalities; digital divide; human development; GDP; education; technological equity; internet penetration; citizen participation; electronic government; societal divides; social equity.

DOI: 10.1504/EG.2011.037698

Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2011 Vol.8 No.1, pp.73 - 84

Published online: 25 Dec 2010 *

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