A Tale of two "Smart Cities": Investigating the Echoes of New Public Management and Governance Discourses in Smart City Projects in Brazil

Przeybilovicz, E., Alexandra Cunha, M., Fernanda Medina Macaya, J. and Porto de Albuquerque, J. (2018) A Tale of two "Smart Cities": Investigating the Echoes of New Public Management and Governance Discourses in Smart City Projects in Brazil. In: 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, HI, USA, 03-06 Jan 2018, pp. 2486-2495. ISBN 9780998133119 (doi: 10.24251/hicss.2018.314)

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Abstract

This study investigates the influence of discourses of New Public Management and e-Governance on the manner in which Information Technology (IT) has been conceived in recent smart city initiatives in Brazil. A critical discourse analysis is conducted as the methodological approach to investigate the role of IT in smart city discourses of two cities. The main result has shown that the role of technology within the two cases strongly reflects the discourses of New Public Management and e-governance, in which there is clearly a latent tension between top-down and bottom-up approaches to smart cities.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Porto de Albuquerque, Professor Joao
Authors: Przeybilovicz, E., Alexandra Cunha, M., Fernanda Medina Macaya, J., and Porto de Albuquerque, J.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
ISBN:9780998133119
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2018 The Authors
First Published:First published in Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: 2486-2495
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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