TY - JOUR
T1 - Making Sense of Open Government
T2 - A Conceptual Framework and Ideas for Future Research
AU - Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon
AU - Gasco-Hernandez, Mila
AU - Pardo, Theresa A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Public Management Research Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/6/1
Y1 - 2023/6/1
N2 - In the last decade, open government has been considered a powerful tool for administrative reform and governance transformation, particularly through transparency improvements and citizen engagement strategies. Although extensive research has been conducted on open government during this period, most studies highlight its links to information access and transparency and do not explicitly analyze other components related to citizen engagement, such as participation and collaboration with the public or the role of information technologies as an important enabler of open government. Similarly, studies focused on open government have failed to clearly identify and explain several of its potential results, such as improved government performance, greater accountability, and enhanced legitimacy and trust in government - all themes studied in Public Administration for decades. The streams of research on open government's components and results have generally developed in isolation from one another, each considering a limited number of variables, with relatively few attempts to systematically connect them. As an effort to begin addressing this gap, this article proposes an open government framework that integrates multiple concepts related to open government and categorizes them as either constitutive components or potential results. The article also suggests a few propositions that illustrate how the framework could be used to envision future studies.
AB - In the last decade, open government has been considered a powerful tool for administrative reform and governance transformation, particularly through transparency improvements and citizen engagement strategies. Although extensive research has been conducted on open government during this period, most studies highlight its links to information access and transparency and do not explicitly analyze other components related to citizen engagement, such as participation and collaboration with the public or the role of information technologies as an important enabler of open government. Similarly, studies focused on open government have failed to clearly identify and explain several of its potential results, such as improved government performance, greater accountability, and enhanced legitimacy and trust in government - all themes studied in Public Administration for decades. The streams of research on open government's components and results have generally developed in isolation from one another, each considering a limited number of variables, with relatively few attempts to systematically connect them. As an effort to begin addressing this gap, this article proposes an open government framework that integrates multiple concepts related to open government and categorizes them as either constitutive components or potential results. The article also suggests a few propositions that illustrate how the framework could be used to envision future studies.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85172399407&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/ppmgov/gvad005
DO - 10.1093/ppmgov/gvad005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85172399407
SN - 2398-4910
VL - 6
SP - 80
EP - 93
JO - Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
JF - Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
IS - 2-3
ER -