Download or read book Information Technology in a Democracy written by Alan F. Westin and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of writings on social implications and political aspects of the increasing use of computerised information systems and technology in public administration in the USA - includes descriptions of various data bases, programme planning and budgeting, urban planning and management information systems, etc., and covers systems design and analysis, decision making, the time factor, problems of human rights and privacy, etc. Bibliography pp. 463 to 482 and references.