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The political logic of E-Government and the Discourses of Innovation in the Public Sector in Cape Verde

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The goal of this study is to deepen the reflections on discursive articulations, aiming at the significance of E-government in Cape Verde, under the perspective of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s Discourse Theory. We carry out an instrumental case study and use the retroduction method proposed by Glynos and Howarth. The results show that a convergence began to be built between the discourses of the Government, NOSI and the citizens, in the sense of mobilizing efforts aimed at the attribution of an electronic configuration to all public services in that country.

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We would like to thank the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES).

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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001.

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  1. Marketing and Operations Director, Pernambuco Institute of Technology (ITEP), Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 700 - Cidade Universitária, Recife - PE, 50740-540, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Osiris Luis da Cunha Fernandes

  2. Professor of the Graduate Program in Administration (PROPAD), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. dos Funcionarios, s/n, Cidade Universitaria, 50740-580, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Fernando Gomes de Paiva Junior

  3. Professor of the Graduate Program in Management, Innovation and Consumption (PPGIC), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Rodovia BR-104, Km 59, s/n - Nova Caruaru, 55002-970, Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Nelson Cruz Monteiro Fernandes

  4. Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Management, Innovation and Consumption (PPGIC) and Permanent Professor of the Graduate Program in Administration (PROPAD), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Rodovia BR-104, Km 59, s/n - Nova Caruaru, 55002-970, Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Marconi Freitas da Costa

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Fernandes, O.L., Paiva Junior, F.G., Fernandes, N.C.M. et al. The political logic of E-Government and the Discourses of Innovation in the Public Sector in Cape Verde. Public Organiz Rev 23, 1127–1141 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-022-00611-2

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