The book gives an overview of critical research in information systems (CRIS), which will give a useful introduction to those students and researchers not familiar with the topic and assist in carrying the debate further on a variety of issues.

Table of ContentsIntroduction Section 1: TheoryCritical Research in Information SystemsTheoretical Discourses: A Comparison of the Foucauldian and Habermasian Concepts of Discourse in CRISEthics, Morality and Critical Research in IS, Emancipation Across Cultural Boundaries: A Fundamental Problem of Critical Research in Information SystemsSection 2: PhilosophyOntology: On Positivism, Realism, and their Relevance for Critical IS ResearchEpistemology: On Information, Knowledge and Truth, Methodology: Is there a Specific Critical Way to Knowledge?Philosophical Syncretism in IS Research: Final Remarks on Ontology, Epistemology and ParadigmsSection 3: ApplicationInformation Systems as Means of (Dis)Empowerment: The Information Society and Decision Support Systems in Local Authorities in EgyptResponsible and Heroic Management of Workplace Privacy: A Critical View of ICT ManagementTrust as Fetish: A Critical Theory Perspective on Research on Trust in E-CommerceThe Ideological Use of Privacy and SecurityThe Metaphor of Evolution in E-Commerce: A Critical EvaluationCommercial Colonization: E-Teaching and E-DemocracySection 4: Reflection(s)Limitations of the Critical Approach, The Future of Critical Research in Information Systems