E-democracy: exploring the current stage of e-government

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Publication date 2014
Journal Journal of Information Policy
Volume | Issue number 4
Pages (from-to) 489-506
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)
Abstract Governments around the world have been pressured to implement e-Government programs in order to improve the government-citizen dialogue. The authors of this article review prior literature on such efforts to find if they lead to increased democratic participation ("e-Democracy") for the affected citizens, with a focus on the key concepts of transparency, openness, and engagement. The authors find that such efforts are a starting point toward e-Democracy, but the journey is far from complete.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at http://jip.vmhost.psu.edu/ojs/index.php/jip/article/view/204
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