This chapter discusses ways in which technology could support integrated relationships, not only between governments and citizens, but among the various stakeholders involved in the delivery of health products and services. The assumption of the information age that simply improving citizen access to government information will inevitably lead to strengthening democracy may, in fact, mask the complexity of adapting the technology to make a meaningful contribution to making democracy work better. Citizen's Participation through Internet - City of Barcelona, Spain Citizen participation groups encourage people to give their opinion about City Council projects. The policy of the Icelandic government is to use information technology to enhance democracy. Questions and problems can arise from such a policy.
Possible remedies are explored.
The project encompasses computer systems, telephone applications and other forms of technology. Electronic Democracy in the Republic of Korea - Republic of Korea Government institutions and public organizations in Korea are actively undertaking electronic democracy projects in many forms. In this chapter, recent activities to implement electronic democracy through the use of information technology are surveyed and briefly introduced. News complements the WWW with a common Internet-wide system for discussion or information exchange organized by topic. The distributed global broadcast of news over many servers supports very large audiences, and can be used with satellite or modem dialup for rural, low income, and developing areas.