Beth Noveck: 4 books

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...

Collaborative democracy-government with the people-is a new vision of governance in the digital age. Wiki Government explains how to translate the vision into reality. Beth Simone Noveck draws on her experience in creating Peer-to-Patent, the federal government's first social networking initiative,...

Governments make too little use of the skills and experience of citizens. New tools—what Beth Simone Noveck calls technologies of expertise—are making it possible to match citizen expertise to the demand for it in government. She offers a vision of participatory democracy rooted not in voting or crowdsourcing but in people’s knowledge and know-how.

Ciudadanos inteligentes, Estado más inteligente. Las tecnologías del conocimiento y el futuro de gobernar Ante los retos cada vez más complejos que enfrentan los Estados democráticos, se ha hecho evidente que las instituciones burocráticas dejan escapar valiosas capacidades en la solución de...