Organizing Authors Ali Chahin Maria Alexandra da Cunha Peter T. Knight Solon Lemos Pinto Contributors Andrea Campos Gomes Fernandes, Angela Sprenger, Antonio de Paula Braquehais, Beatriz Leonel Scavazza, Carlos Alberto Wanderley, Carlos Alexandre Dias Perez, Carlos Eduardo Bielchowsky, Carmem Lucia Prata, Carmen Moreira de Castro Neves, Ciro Campos Christo Fernandes, Claudine Marina Diniz Duarte, Cristina de Luca, Daísa Teixeira, Danilo Scalet, Eduardo Henrique Pereira de Arruda, Fabiana Borja, Florência Ferrer, Fernando Peregrino, Guilherme Ary Plonski, Haroldo de Lima Arouca, Jorge Thadeu Sampaio, José Eisenberg, José Vicente da Silva Filho, Luciane Stefanato Negrini, Luciano Alberto Rocho, Luiz Antonio Souza da Eira, Márcia Rangel, Maria Alexandra Cunha, Maurício Serrano Falavigna, Paulo Camarão, Paulo F. de V. Toledo, Peter T. Knight, Renato M.E. Sabbatini, Rodrigo Assumpção, Rodrigo Baggio, Sérgio Amadeu da Silveira, Tadao Takahashi, Tereza Porto, Wagner H. Ikeda, William Sérgio Azevedo Guimarães, Yara Lúcia de Oliveira Pontine, Zilma Borges. This book is 400 pages in 24 x 17 cm format, and it was published by Pearson Education do Brasil under the Financial Times Prentice Hall trademark in January 2004. It is now available for purchase online for R$57.60, a discount of 10% from the price in bookstores (R$64.00). The book is now in stock and should be available in bookstores in Brazil in late January 2004. Click here to order one or more copies from the Online Bookstore of Pearson Education do Brasil. 
The objectives of the book are to let the reader understand:  | The nature of electronic government in its broadest sense and how it has been contributing, and more important, can contribute much more in the future to perfect democracy, reduce social inequalities, and stimulate sustainable economic development; | | How e-government has been developing in Brazil and around the world; |
| The principles which should guide the evolution of e-government so that it contributes to political, social and economic development; | | Practical suggestions for implementing e-government based on both theory and Brazil’s experience; and | | How to build national consensus for accelerating the development of e-government and the necessary policies of digital inclusion. |
Our book further | Argues that electronic government, broadly defined, is of strategic importance for accelerating Brazil’s social, economic and political development. | | Provides an analytical history of e-government in Brazil (federal, state and local levels) and the world. | | Presents evidence that Brazil has made great strides and in some cases (e.g. educational TV, electronic elections. e-procurement, and online tax filing) become a world leader in aspects of e-government, but that much remains to be done, with the relatively low level of “digital inclusion” (access to computers linked to the Internet and training to use them) being the principal obstacle to accelerating development. | | Sets forth principles to guide the future development of e-government in Brazil, principles we believe have applicability in other countries, and proposes sectoral priorities for Brazil’s e-governments. |
See the table of contents, the author's presentation, endorsements of the book by Brazilian and international authorities, the introduction, the principles we believe should guide e-government activities in a democratic direction, and the conclusion of the book. Our publisher Pearson Education do Brasil, is part of Pearson Education. Pearson Education is the global leader in integrated education publishing, with subsidiaries in 21 Latin American Countries and a large number of countries worldwide. With such renowned brands as Pearson Prentice Hall, Pearson Longman, Pearson Scott Foresman, Pearson Addison Wesley, Pearson NCS, and many others, Pearson Education provides quality content, assessment tools, and educational services in all available media, spanning the learning curve from birth through college and beyond. Pearson Education is also a global leader in online learning with nearly 2,000 textbook companion Web sites, the InformIT Website for technology professionals, and the Family Education Network, the award winning online resource for parents, teachers, and children. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. In addition to Pearson Education, Pearson's primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. Pearson had 2002 sales of US$7 billion. We are preparing proposals for publication of our book in Spanish and English. See pictures of the organizing authors and also of contributing authors. See a presentation "e-gov.br – Operational Lessons from Brazilian Experience" made by Peter Knight at the World Bank on 12 April 2004. |
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