Policy Analytics, Modelling, and Informatics: Innovative Tools for Solving Complex Social Problems

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This book provides a comprehensive approach to the study of policy analytics, modelling and informatics. It includes theories and concepts for understanding tools and techniques used by governments seeking to improve decision making through the use of technology, data, modelling, and other analytics, and provides relevant case studies and practical recommendations. Governments around the world face policy issues that require strategies and solutions using new technologies, new access to data and new analytical tools and techniques such as computer simulation, geographic information systems, and social network analysis for the successful implementation of public policy and government programs. Chapters include cases, concepts, methodologies, theories, experiences, and practical recommendations on data analytics and modelling for public policy and practice, and addresses a diversity of data tools, applied to different policy stages in several contexts, and levels and branches of government. This book will be of interest of researchers, students, and practitioners in e-government, public policy, public administration, policy analytics and policy informatics. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Policy Analytics: Definitions, Components, Methods, and Illustrative Examples (J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Theresa A. Pardo, Luis F. Luna-Reyes)....Pages 1-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Background on Frameworks for Policy Analytics (Karim Hamza, Sehl Mellouli)....Pages 19-37 eGovPoliNet: Experiences from Building a Policy Informatics Research Community (Laurence Brooks, Marijn Janssen, Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou)....Pages 39-75 Front Matter ....Pages 77-77 One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: E-government Policies in Practice (Helle Zinner Henriksen)....Pages 79-97 Development and Use of Data-Centric Information Systems to Support Policymakers: Applied to Criminal Justice Systems (Susan van den Braak, Sunil Choenni)....Pages 99-121 The Value of System Dynamics Modeling in Policy Analytics and Planning (Norman Wayne Porter)....Pages 123-150 Deconstructing Social Policy Innovation Through the Use of Complex Systems Theory: A Methodology for Modelling and Simulation of the Impact of ICT-Enabled Social Innovation (Gianluca Misuraca, Luigi Geppert, Csaba Kucsera)....Pages 151-175 Front Matter ....Pages 177-177 Citizen-Sourcing for Public Policy Making: Theoretical Foundations, Methods and Evaluation (Euripidis N. Loukis)....Pages 179-203 Data Analytics for Policy Informatics: The Case of E-Petitioning (Loni Hagen, Teresa M. Harrison, Catherine L. Dumas)....Pages 205-224 Visualization Practice and Government: Strategic Investments for More Democratic Governance (Evert A. Lindquist)....Pages 225-246 Can the French Republic Be Digital? Lessons from the Last Participatory Experience on the Law-Making Process (Christophe Premat)....Pages 247-264 Front Matter ....Pages 265-265 Policy Makers’ Perceptions About Social Media Platforms for Civic Engagement in Public Services. An Empirical Research in Spain (Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar)....Pages 267-288 Policy Analytics Tool to Identify Gaps in Environmental Governance (Julia A. Ekstrom, Gloria T. Lau, Kincho H. Law)....Pages 289-314 On the Spot and Map: Interactive Model-Based Policy Support Under Deep Uncertainty (Erik Pruyt, Tushith Islam, Thomas Arzt)....Pages 315-342 An Event-Driven Lens for Bridging Formal Organizations and Informal Online Participation: How Policy Informatics Enables Just-in-Time Responses to Crises (Chul Hyun Park, Erik W. Johnston)....Pages 343-361 Social-Media-Based Policy Informatics: Cyber-Surveillance for Homeland Security and Public Health Informatics (Wingyan Chung, Daniel Zeng)....Pages 363-385 Model-Based Policy Analysis to Mitigate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Richard C. Larson, Henry Fingerhut, Mohammad S. Jalali, Alireza Ebrahimvandi, Anne Quaadgras et al.)....Pages 387-406 Competition and Collusion Between Government and Businesses in Pollution Management: Analysis Based on Stochastic Differential Game (Danlu Jiang, Jing Zhang)....Pages 407-427 Back Matter ....Pages 429-433