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Portugal recently had legislative elections in which there was a very significant growth of the populist far right, like what has been happening in other European countries. There are abundant examples in the literature of the influence of social media ...

The present study aims at contributing to a better comprehension of the e-participation literature in three ways and demonstrating possibilities of using software provided for automated processing of information arrays downloaded from bibliographic ...

Abstract: The article examines the Republic of Moldova's efforts to transition towards European Union (EU) standards of good governance. Despite significant advancements in e-Governance and digital services, Moldova faces ongoing challenges in ...

E-petitions constitute a promising method of increasing public participation and engagement in government processes. However, there is a lack of knowledge of why some government entities implement e-petitions, while others do not. Moreover, it is unknown ...

Establishing a sustainable citizens-government dialogue is a crucial topic on the agenda of many countries. E-petition systems are among the most popular and effective tools for establishing a responsive and effective dialog between governments and ...

The relationship between governments and their citizens has changed with the rise of ICTs. Even if these changes can strengthen the active role of society in the control and participation of public administration, there is a risk that this process can ...

Nowadays, in the social network–based decision‐making processes, like the ones involved in e‐commerce and e‐democracy, multiple users with different backgrounds may take part and diverse alternatives might be involved. This diversity enriches the ...

Why are some cities more eager to adopt e-participation schemes than others, and why do e-participation practices vary among cities who adopts them? Current comparative research on e-participation in local government normally uses large-scale samples to ...

Decide Madrid is the civic technology of Madrid City Council which allows users to create and support online petitions. Despite the initial success, the platform is encountering problems with the growth of petition signing because petitions are far from ...

Interactive Democracy is an umbrella term that encompasses a variety of approaches to make collective decision making processes more engaging and responsive. A common goal of these approaches is to utilize modern information technology---in particular, ...

Western liberal capitalist democracy is in trouble. In many democratic countries, for the first time since the second world war, nationalism, populism and the strong leader who can sort out the problems have re-emerged in force. Some democracies ...

Electronic voting is a relatively new application of information technology. Many governments are investigating how e‐voting can be deployed as part of their e‐government initiatives. In this article, the requirements of e‐voting systems are ...

This paper presents the results of an e-Participation study of Eurasian Economic Union member states. The websites of each country's key ministries served as the object of the research. The original research methodology used in this paper is based on ...

Traditional election monitoring involves trained observers recruited and deployed by neutral organizations to complete structured reports based on their first-hand observations. In contrast, social media-based election monitoring takes as input the high ...

This paper investigates the effect of internet-use on democratic decision-making processes within political parties. Through two case studies of the Green Party and the Pirate Party Germany, the influence of internet-use on these processes and their ...

Today, the ICT and the Internet tools offer citizens the opportunity to surpass the position of passive actors in the creation of new political and social systems, and become active participants who are able to propose new alternatives based on their ...

This article discusses issues related to the functioning of E-government in Russia during the financial crisis and the sanctions imposed on the country. While the economic situation is actually worsening and the foreign environment is further ...

Largely due to the Internet and the increase in digital network communications worldwide, researchers, community members, activists, and many others are exploring new ways of empowering citizens with systems that promote Collective Intelligence for the ...

This study investigates how politicians and citizens cooperate to create an e-democracy based on information dissemination and political awareness in an ICT environment, especially during elections. This research is conducted in the Indian context, ...

This paper asserts that e-government works, in principle, in the utilitarian mode of information technology use rather than solidary and participatory modes. Each e-government stakeholder actually uses government Web sites to pursue his/her own material ...