It highlights Sir Karl Popper’s argument that “you cannot introduce a political reform without strengthening the opposing forces, to a degree roughly in ratio to the scope of the reform”… seems this applies as much to egovernment and edemocracy as it does to any other political change.

It also makes the interesting point that e-government and e-democracy reforms, given their potential to upset the status quo not just in terms of political processes but also in electoral outcomes, resource allocation and policy delivery and the associated bureaucratic structures “will not necessarily be perceived as politically neutral”… another reason why there can be reactions against change.