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TRANSFORMING GOVERNMENT:WHEN INNOCENCE IS NO PROTECTION: GOVERNANCE FAILURE OF DIGITIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION
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Purpose – Governance of e-government is rarely discussed in the initial digitization stage, especially in
developing countries where the government’s focus is mainly to pursue rapid proliferation of digital adoption
rather than to implement governance. This study aims to explore the consequences of this absence of
governance at local level conditions.
Design/methodology/approach – An in-depth exploratory case study is conducted at a municipal
health government in a southern city in Kalimantan Island, Indonesia, examining the conditions of local
actors in response to various nationwide health digitization imperatives. The postcolonial theory with the
critical paradigm is used to interpret and conceptualize the empirical findings.
Findings – This study identifies two critical failures of digitization governance that represent the
mainstream condition: horizontal sectoral ego and vertical asymmetry and misalignment. These failures have
resulted in undesirable consequences at the subalterns indicated by diverse ambivalence and de-voiced
constructs displayed by the local actors.
Practical implications – This paper suggests that various issues that emerge from local level
implementation in nationwide digitization agenda might not always be issues of local technology adoption,
but rather negative impacts due to the absence of governance practice at the strategic level.
Originality/value – Through a critical perspective, this study unearths the underlying power and
structural inequity responsible for generating the various issues and undesirable consequences that emerge at
local levels related to the nationwide digitization agenda.
Luthfi Ramadani, Amalia Yovadiani, Fitriyana Dewi - Personal Name
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EMERALD INSIGHT
2022
ENGLAND
JURNAL ILMU PEMERINTAHAN
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APA Citation
Luthfi Ramadani, Amalia Yovadiani, Fitriyana Dewi. (2022).TRANSFORMING GOVERNMENT:WHEN INNOCENCE IS NO PROTECTION: GOVERNANCE FAILURE OF DIGITIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION.(Electronic Thesis or Dissertation). Retrieved from https://localhost/etd