GOVERNMENT AS A PLATFORM: A HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS

摘要: A national administration is dependent on its archives and registers, for many purposes, such as tax collection, enforcement of law, economic governance, welfare services. Today, these services are based large digital infrastructures, which grow organically in volumes scope. Building a critical realist approach we investigate particularly successful infrastructure Norway called Altinn, ask: what the evolutionary mechanisms “government platform”? We frame our study with two perspectives; historical institutional perspective that traces roots Altinn back to Middle Ages, an architectural allows more detailed analysis consequences digitalization role platforms. offer insights from study: identify three discuss future scenario government platforms “digital commons”.