This important Handbook provides a unique overview of information systems (IS) research by focusing on the increasing interest in critical-related issues. Representing a significant step forward in the development of critical perspectives on the IS field, the Handbook draws together original contributions from leading authors who offer alternatives to the current mainstream approaches to IS research. In order to accommodate the various strands of critical understanding, a broad range of views and theoretical standpoints are encompassed, thereby combining theory with practical applications, and offering a valuable source of reference for this emerging area of research. Recent years have witnessed a more explicit focus on critical research, and continuing in that vein, the editors adopt an inclusive approach which considers alternative insights that can arise from critical IS research. Topics explored include, amongst others: management trends and IS, flexibility, freedom and women's emancipation, 'consuming passions' in the global knowledge economy, critical discourse analysis for the study of information systems, evaluation of e-governance projects in India, rationalities and emotions in IS innovation, capital, information technology and enterprise development, and mediated work in global business organisations.
1 Choosing critical IS research by Debra Howcroft and Eileen M. Trauth 1
2 Basic assumptions of the critical research perspectives in information systems by Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic 19
3 Theoretical approaches for researching power and information systems : the benefit of Machiavellian view by Leiser O. Silva 47
4 Are social constructivist approaches critical? : the case of IS failure by Nathalie N. Mitev 70
5 Taking a critical linguistic turn : using critical discourse analysis for the study of information systems by Rosio Alvarez 104
6 Against rules : the ethical turn in information systems by Alison Adam 123
7 Management fashions and information systems by Chris Westrup 132
8 Flexibility, freedom and women's emancipation : a Marxist critique of at-home telework by Anita Greenhill and Melanie Wilson 152
9 Critical management studies : towards a more mature politics by Christopher Grey 174
10 The wrong trousers? : beyond the design fallacy : social learning and the user by James Stewart and Robin Williams 195
11 Critical engagement : why, what and how? by Geoff Walsham 225
12 Towards critical interpretivism in IS research by Bill Doolin and Laurie McLeod 244
13 Consuming passions in the 'global knowledge economy' by Helen Richardson 272
14 Rationalities and emotions in IS innovation by Chrisanthi Avgerou and Kathy McGrath 299
15 Evaluating e-governance projects in India : a focus on micro-level implementation by Shirin Madon 325
16 Rethinking urban poverty : forms of capital, information technology and enterprise development by Lynette Kvasny and Lakshman Yapa 350
17 'Global but local' : mediated work in global business organizations by Dogfinn Hertzberg and Eric Monteiro 365
18 Competing rationalities : a critical study of telehealth in the UK by Ela Klecun 388
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