... for cooperative work among politicians and officials in Danish local government; the political consequences of information and communication technologies in UK local government; democracy and virtual communication in Amsterdam; political parties in the digital era; information technology, openness of government and democracy; information superhighways and the privacy debate; and democracy and datacoupling.
Detailed exploration of the relationship between information and democracy. Includes a literature review and sections on: informatization and views of democracy; channeling democratic influences through bureaucracies; laying down the infrastructure for innovations in teledemocracy - the case of Scotland; community information systems; public administration and information; computer based tools for cooperative work among politicians and officials in Danish local government; the political consequences of information and communication technologies in UK local government; democracy and virtual communication in Amsterdam; political parties in the digital era; information technology, openness of government and democracy; information superhighways and the privacy debate; and democracy and datacoupling.
Subject terms:
information technology, literature reviews, local government, politics, privacy, social policy, central government;
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 17(3), 1995, pp.311-324.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
The secret filming of parents visiting their children in hospital in order to 'capture' possible child abuse has aroused some controversy. The development of covert video surveillance (CVS) over the last ten years is outlines, together with its link to the Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. An attempt is made to illustrate the difficulties of fitting CVS into established child protection procedures and into the ethos of the Children Act 1989.
The secret filming of parents visiting their children in hospital in order to 'capture' possible child abuse has aroused some controversy. The development of covert video surveillance (CVS) over the last ten years is outlines, together with its link to the Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. An attempt is made to illustrate the difficulties of fitting CVS into established child protection procedures and into the ethos of the Children Act 1989.
Opens with a section on the history of privacy. Goes on to look at: privacy and social services; identification; denial of access; organising fieldwork services; providing residential care; personal information and social services; case records; registers; audio and video recording; oral records; day books and log books; computer records; regulating information privacy; consent; professional, administrative, and legal regulation; access to personal information held by social services agencies; privacy and the media; and exchanging personal information in practice in community care, services for young people, and child protection.
Opens with a section on the history of privacy. Goes on to look at: privacy and social services; identification; denial of access; organising fieldwork services; providing residential care; personal information and social services; case records; registers; audio and video recording; oral records; day books and log books; computer records; regulating information privacy; consent; professional, administrative, and legal regulation; access to personal information held by social services agencies; privacy and the media; and exchanging personal information in practice in community care, services for young people, and child protection.
Subject terms:
mass media, privacy, registers, social services, social care provision, videos, young people, access to information, child protection, child protection registers, community care;