Discussing the Foundations for Interpretivist Digital Government Research

Keegan McBride (), Yuri Misnikov and Dirk Draheim
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Keegan McBride: Hertie School Centre for Digital Governance
Yuri Misnikov: ITMO University Centre for e-Government Technologies
Dirk Draheim: Tallinn University of Technology

A chapter in Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance and Transformation, 2022, pp 121-147 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract As the research domain of digital government continues to develop as an important body of scholarly research, it is important to understand the core theoretical and philosophical basis of the discipline. Yet, in the domain of digital government, such an understanding does not exist. Therefore, there is currently a need for critical discussion about the concrete role of research philosophy in digital government research. This paper makes a first step in driving such a discussion by presenting arguments and discussion on the relevance of an interpretivist research philosophy for the domain of digital government. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of an interpretivist ontology and epistemology for digital government, discusses relevant theories and methods, and concludes with an overview of what is essential for conducting and carrying out interpretivist digital government research. This paper’s contributions represent one of the first concentrated efforts to lay out initial foundations for the role of interpretivism, and research philosophy more generally, for digital government research.

Keywords: Digital government; Interpretivism; Methodology; Theory; Public administration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92945-9_6

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