how technology can make government better, democracy stronger, and citizens more powerful Noveck, Beth Simone 1971- creator text bibliography dcu Washington, D.C Brookings Institution Press c2009 2009 monographic eng

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xxii, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "In explaining how to enhance political institutions with the power of networks, examines the Peer-to-Patent project. Discusses its design challenges faced in creating software to distill online collaboration into useful expertise. Explains how law, policy, and technology can be revamped to help government work in more open, participatory ways"--Provided by publisher. Preface Acknowledgments Collaborative democracy and the changing nature of expertise Peer-to-patent : a modest proposal The single point of failure Peer-to-patent and the patent challenge Patents and the information deficit Designing for collaborative democracy Thinking in wiki Social life of information History of citizen participation Citizen participation in a collaborative democracy Lessons learned Beth Simone Noveck. Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and index. n-us--- Political participation Technological innovations United States Participación política Innovaciones tecnológicas Estados Unidos Wikis (Computer science) Political aspects United States Wikis (Informática) Aspectos políticos Estados Unidos Patent practice Technological innovations United States Case studies Práctica de patentes Innovaciones tecnológicas Estados Unidos United States Politics and government 21st century Estados Unidos Política y gobierno JK 1764 N937w 2009 320.9730285/675 9780815705109 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815705107 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780815702757 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815702752 (cloth : alk. paper) 2009000796 DLC 090109 20230411090812.0 15580920