Promise and Problems of E-Democracy
Subtitle: Challenges of Online Citizen Engagement
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9789264019492
Subjects: Governance; Science and Technology
Description: This book highlights policy lessons in using ICTs to provide information, opportunities for consultation and public participation in policy-making. It includes numerous examples of current practice from 12 OECD member countries (Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovak Republic, Sweden, UK) as well as the European Commission. It does not deal with online service delivery nor with ICT applications to elections (e.g. e-voting) although some of the issues discussed here, such as providing information online, may be relevant for both. Finally, the book suggests 10 guiding principles for successful online consultation and identifies five key challenges for online citizen engagement in policy-making.
Table of contents: title: Executive Summary; title: Using Information and Communication Technologies to Enhance Citizen Engagement in the Policy Process; title: The Future of the Internet and Democracy Beyond Metaphors, Towards Policy.