Understanding E-Democracy Government-Led Initiatives for Democratic Reform
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer opportunities for greater civic participation in democratic reform. Government ICT use has, however, predominantly been associated with e-government applications that focus on one-way information provision and service delivery. This article dis...
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ftjedem:oai:jedem.org:article/221 2024-09-15T18:14:09+00:00 Understanding E-Democracy Government-Led Initiatives for Democratic Reform Freeman, Julie Quirke, Sharna 2013-12-15 application/pdf https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/221 eng eng Department for E-Governance and Administration https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/221/182 https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/221 JEDEM - eJournal for eDemocracy; Bd. 5 Nr. 2 (2013); 141-154 JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2013); 141-154 2075-9517 E-democracy e-participation information and communication technologies (ICTs) democratic reform e-government Milton Keynes youth engagement Iceland constitutional reform info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article case studies 2013 ftjedem 2024-07-29T03:06:53Z Information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer opportunities for greater civic participation in democratic reform. Government ICT use has, however, predominantly been associated with e-government applications that focus on one-way information provision and service delivery. This article distinguishes between e-government and processes of e-democracy, which facilitate active civic engagement through two-way, ongoing dialogue. It draws from participation initiatives undertaken in two case studies. The first highlights efforts to increase youth political engagement in the local government area of Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom. The second is Iceland’s constitutional crowdsourcing, an initiative intended to increase civic input into constitutional reform. These examples illustrate that, in order to maintain legitimacy in the networked environment, a change in governmental culture is required to enable open and responsive e-democracy practices. When coupled with traditional participation methods, processes of e-democracy facilitate widespread opportunities for civic involvement and indicate that digital practices should not be separated from the everyday operations of government. While online democratic engagement is a slowly evolving process, initial steps are being undertaken by governments that enable e-participation to shape democratic reform. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government 5 2 141 154 |
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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer opportunities for greater civic participation in democratic reform. Government ICT use has, however, predominantly been associated with e-government applications that focus on one-way information provision and service delivery. This article distinguishes between e-government and processes of e-democracy, which facilitate active civic engagement through two-way, ongoing dialogue. It draws from participation initiatives undertaken in two case studies. The first highlights efforts to increase youth political engagement in the local government area of Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom. The second is Iceland’s constitutional crowdsourcing, an initiative intended to increase civic input into constitutional reform. These examples illustrate that, in order to maintain legitimacy in the networked environment, a change in governmental culture is required to enable open and responsive e-democracy practices. When coupled with traditional participation methods, processes of e-democracy facilitate widespread opportunities for civic involvement and indicate that digital practices should not be separated from the everyday operations of government. While online democratic engagement is a slowly evolving process, initial steps are being undertaken by governments that enable e-participation to shape democratic reform. |
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Understanding E-Democracy Government-Led Initiatives for Democratic Reform |
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