From E-Government to Good Governance and from Good Governance to Development... The Arab world in the global E-Government readiness report 2005 Arab E-government

Research interests:
E-government, government information systems, large-scale IT contracts. Public Management Reform. Tools of Government for Public Policy. On-line political participation. Alternative electoral systems. Survey research and webmetrics.

Key publications:

P.Dunleavy, H.Margetts, S.Bastow and J.Tinkler (2006) Digital Era Governance: IT Corporations, the State and E-government (Oxford University Press)

C.Hood and H.Margetts (2006) The Tools of Governemnt in the Digital Age (Palgrave).

H.Margetts (2006) ‘A Decade of E-government in the UK’, Political Quarterly, vol. 59 no. 2.

H.Margetts and H.Yared (2003) Incentivization of e-Government, Article to accompany NAO report Transforming the performance of HM Customs and Excise through Electronic Service Delivery (London: The Stationary Office) (see www.governmentonthweb.org).

H.Margetts (2003) ‘Electronic Government: A Revolution in Public Administration’, in G. Peters and J.Pierre (eds. 2003) Handbook of Public Administration (Sage).
H.Margetts and P.Dunleavy (2002) Cultural Barriers to e-government, academic article for the report Better Public Services Through e-government (London: National Audit Office, 2002, HC 704-III) (see www.governmentonthweb.org).

P. Dunleavy and H.Margetts (2002) Government on the Web II (London: The Stationary Office, 2002) HC764 (see www.governmentonthweb.org).

H. Margetts (1999) Information Technology in Government: Britain and America (London: Routledge);