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e-Democracy
Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to citizens participation in government democratic processes using the Internet, mobile communications, and other information and communications technologies.
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Categories
- e-Campaigning
- Articles and resources about how politicians are using the internet to campaign for elections and canvas voter's views.
- e-Voting
- Articles and resources about electronic and internet voting as it relates to government around the world.
- Webcasting
- Examples of use of live webcast technology by politicians to reach their constituents and public servants to make meetings more widely available
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- Call For Nominations: The Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics 2011
- PoliticsOnline and the 12th Worldwide Forum On Electronic Democracy are calling for nominations for the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the twelfth year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world will help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and companies having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics.
Added: 19 July 2011
Page views: 926
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- Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government - Video
- In this rousing talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens.
Added: 1 October 2012
Page views: 517
Rating: 3
Votes: 2
- e-Democracy: General Articles - Archive
- Archived general articles and resources about e-Democracy (electronic democracy) as it relates to government around the world.
Added: 1 December 2005
Page views: 2,386
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- e-Democracy: Specific Topics - Archive
- Archived resources about e-Democracy (electronic democracy) as it relates to government around the world.
Added: 1 December 2005
Page views: 5,062
Rating: 3
Votes: 1
- The 10 Who Are Changing the World of Politics & the Internet in 2009 - winners of the eDemocracy Awards announced
- PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum have announced the winners of the e-Democracy Awards for 2009.
Added: 10 June 2009
Page views: 8,475
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- Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics Nominations open now
- PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum are calling for nominations of the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics in 2010.
Added: 30 June 2010
Page views: 1,939
Rating: 3
Votes: 3
- Vote now for the Top 10 Who are changing the world of Internet and Politics in 2010
- PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum are proud to announce the list for nominations of the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the eleventh year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world are invited to help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and companies having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics.
Added: 20 July 2010
Page views: 1,562
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- Vote now for the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics in 2011
- PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum are proud to announce the list of nominees for the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the twelfth year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world are invited to help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and/or companies that are having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics. This prestigious award seeks to recognize the innovators and pioneers, the dreamers and doers who bring democracy online. This year marked another tough year in choosing the top finalists. The integration of politics and the Internet are reflected in this year's diverse, international nominees.
Added: 19 August 2011
Page views: 942
Rating: 3
Votes: 1
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- E-Democracy.Org
- "E-Democracy.Org is a non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer-based project whose mission is to expand participation and build stronger democracies and communities through the power of information and communication technologies and strategies." Goals include: Online citizen engagement, Information and civic education, Best practices and tools, Promote active citizenship and Organizational capacity and sustainability.
Added: 26 August 2008;
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- New online tool improves democracy, Hamilton inventor says
- By Samantha Craggs, CBC News, December 26, 2012. "Politicians need to ask the right questions to make the right decisions, and a Hamilton inventor thinks he has the answer. Ken Seville has launched Democravise, a web widget that goes deeper than a poll. People can give their opinions, but in doing so, rank the questions they asked themselves to arrive at the opinion and enter new ones the politician should consider..."
Added: 31 January 2013;
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- How the internet is transforming democracy
- by Timothy Kirkhope. The Independent, Wednesday 12 December 2012. "By publishing data on government activity, and promoting interaction with and between citizens, digital technology is changing statecraft for the better. We are living in the Digital Age and in the same way that the internet can transform economies by allowing companies to work more efficiently, it can also change the relationship between governments and citizens - for the better. The increased involvement of people in political debate is evident on an even greater scale on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. The internet allows for greater freedom of expression, facilitating citizens' ability to challenge and criticise: a basic democratic right. These social media sites also have the power to actually bring democracy about - the Egyptian Revolution 2011 being a prime example..."
Added: 13 December 2012;
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- A Conversation About Social Media, Open Government and eDemocracy
- by Alex Howard. Gov20.Govfresh, March 8, 2012. "... At the end of Social Media Week 2012, I moderated a discussion with Matt Lira, Lorelei Kelly our Clay Johnson at the U.S. National Archives. This conversation explored more than how social media is changing politics in Washington: we looked at its potential to can help elected officials and other public servants make better policy decisions in the 21st century..."
Added: 15 March 2012;
Page views: 711
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- Evolving Democracy for the 21st Century
- by Beth Noveck, Cairns Blog, November 18, 2011. "... The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves. But to achieve the twin goals of more participatory and effective governance, we must innovate in how we govern. Thanks to technology, if we have the will to do so, we also now have the opportunity..."
Added: 7 December 2011;
Page views: 294
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- eDemocracy, Alphagov and Microparticipation
- by Richard Parsons. Governing People, Posted May 11, 2011. "Since Dave Briggs started a fascinating debate on microparticipation (Motto: 'Participation at the convenience of participants') I've been wondering what the role of eDemocracy might be. In the obvious sense, lots of forms of eDemocracy could count as microparticipation, from ePetitions to leaving an online comment or completing a feedback form. But perhaps it is also possible to go further than this if we join the dots on some almost-connected statements from recent government documents.."
Added: 12 May 2011;
Page views: 715
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- Does the personalisation of the internet threaten citizen participation in democracy?
- eGov AU - Craig Thomler's professional blog - eGovernment and Gov 2.0 thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Friday, May 6, 2011. "Yesterday evening I watched an interesting TED talk by Eli Pariser, Beware online "filter bubbles". The talk discussed the increasing personalisation of search engines, news sites and social networks, using algorithms to selectively present or hide search results, content and comments based on a user's actions..."
Added: 9 May 2011;
Page views: 965
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- Disruptive eDemocracy: A step towards participatory politics
- by Richard Parsons. Governing People, April 16, 2011. "Last year I wrote about how I would define eDemocracy, and concluded by suggesting that: "Looking back 50 years from now, eDemocracy will be the name we give to the disruption needed to deliver more participation." What makes participation important and why is disruption needed to increase it? As I described in my last post, a situation where people have more interest and knowledge about politics and democracy but where satisfaction with the process is lower and participation rates are stagnant is not sustainable in the longer term. And some of the big issues in today's politics revolve around participation in one form or another; low turnout, corrosive levels of cynicism, the need to encourage a Big Society and to help people do more with less state intervention. But why might higher levels of participation require disruption? Well, there are already plenty of examples which show why..."
Added: 20 April 2011;
Page views: 791
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- World e.Gov Forum review Part 1: Gov 2.0 flavours
- eGov AU - Craig Thomler's professional blog - eGovernment and Gov 2.0 thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Monday, October 25, 2010. "... In Australia we have a tendency to pay most attention to the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand as they are all majority English speaking and have political systems with similar roots - making them more accessible to us. I've consciously supported this tendency in this blog because it is easier to learn what is occurring in English speaking jurisdictions and easier to communicate it to Australians. However English speakers are not the leaders in many areas of eDemocracy, eGovernment or Gov 2.0. This was demonstrated during my trip, which also reinforced for me that there are different 'flavours' of Government 2.0 thriving in different parts of the world..."
Added: 27 October 2010;
Page views: 1,589
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- Australian Senator Kate Lundy wins the International eDemocracy award for 2010
- eGov AU - Craig Thomler's professional blog - eGovernment and Gov 2.0 thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Friday, October 15, 2010. "In Paris, on Thursday 14 October 2010, Senator Kate Lundy became the first Australian and 10th annual winner of the World e.Gov Forum and PoliticsOnline's International eDemocracy award - the equivalent of the Academy awards for eGovernment and Gov 2.0 practitioners. In an award ceremony at France's Department of Foreign Affairs, in front of more than 250 conference delegates and officials, Senator Lundy was presented with the judge's selection International eDemocracy award by Phil Noble of PoliticsOnline..."
Added: 15 October 2010;
Page views: 1,269
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- 10 reasons why online social media are critical to democratic governance - part 2
- By Dan Bevarly. Ahead of Ideas - Public Affairs and Civic Engagement for the 21st Century, October 1, 2010. "... Social, economic, political and technological factors all play roles in this emerging form of electronic collaboration and information sharing. Businesses have embraced the new web technologies to transform how they transact with their customers. For government, however, the relationship with citizens extends far beyond how to transact the business of government (though, that is part of the relationship) to the major challenge of how to actually engage and interact with the public around the important day-to-day governance of these legal institutions..."
Added: 6 October 2010;
Page views: 1,564
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- 10 reasons why online social media are critical to democratic governance - part 1
- By Dan Bevarly. Ahead of Ideas - Public Affairs and Civic Engagement for the 21st Century, September 30, 2010. "The Web has transformed and continues to transform how government serves and relates to its citizenry. With the spread of broadband internet access now in 66% of American homes according to the Pew Research Center, some futurists have predicted that without access to the web, citizens may eventually lose touch entirely with the ability to interact with their government... However, businesses are already realizing this when it comes to bidding on government contracts. Below are the first five of 10 reasons and explanations I have compiled why the Web and particularly Web 2.0, also known as social media are critical to sustain and advance democratic governance processes in the United States..."
Added: 6 October 2010;
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- Government and e–participation programs: A study of the challenges faced by institutional projects
- by Francisco Paulo Jamil Almeida Marques. First Monday, Volume 15, Number 8 - 2 August 2010. "This paper examines the difficulties faced by government projects aimed at fostering citizens' political participation by using the Internet. After presenting the participatory tools found on two institutional Web sites (the Brazilian Presidency and the House of Representatives), I examine how the constraints pointed out by a relevant part of the literature in e–participation are reflected in such initiatives. Promoting online participation needs more than providing communication resources, since civic culture and other issues are still key factors in influencing our patterns of political involvement. A participatory use of digital tools depends more on circumstances, such as institutional willingness, than on technical mechanisms available..."
Added: 12 August 2010;
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- A Must-Read for Gov 2.0 & Digital Democracy Gurus
- by GovTwit. Governing People, 23 February 2010. "I stumbled across a fantastic article in this weekend's Wall Street Journal that should be a must-read for those in the Gov 2.0 movement as well as anyone that has ever used the 'Iranian Election' example when promoting the growing influence and importance of Twitter and other social networks..."
Added: 25 February 2010;
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- The Digital Dictatorship
- The Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2010. "It's fashionable to hold up the Internet as the road to democracy and liberty in countries like Iran, but it can also be a very effective tool for quashing freedom. Evgeny Morozov on the myth of the techno-utopia..."
Added: 25 February 2010;
Page views: 1,711
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