TY - BOOK AU - Noveck,Beth Simone TI - Wiki government: how technology can make government better, democracy stronger, and citizens more powerful SN - 9780815702757 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - JK1764 .N68 2009 U1 - 320.9730285/675 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press KW - Political participation KW - Technological innovations KW - United States KW - Wikis (Computer science) KW - Political aspects KW - Patent practice KW - Case studies KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and index N2 - "In explaining how to enhance political institutions with the power of networks, examines the Peer-to-Patent project. Discusses its design challenges faced in creating software to distill online collaboration into useful expertise. Explains how law, policy, and technology can be revamped to help government work in more open, participatory ways"--Provided by publisher ER -