Municipal Websites: Linking Democratic Theory and Citizen Participation

In this paper the authors draw on Scott's (2006) work on e-government and democratic theories to examine how governments engage their citizens online. The three theories they focus – representative, pluralist, and direct – are the most prominent in the democratic theory literature. Using data f...

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Published inInternational journal of e-planning research Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 40 - 56
Main Authors Bennett, Lamar Vernon, Manoharan, Aroon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hershey IGI Global 01.10.2014
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc
Electronic democracy
Electronic government
Government computer systems
Government information technology services
Governments
Joining
Linking
Local government
Online
Public participation
Questions
Social service
Web sites
Websites
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Summary:In this paper the authors draw on Scott's (2006) work on e-government and democratic theories to examine how governments engage their citizens online. The three theories they focus – representative, pluralist, and direct – are the most prominent in the democratic theory literature. Using data from the 200 American local governments, they examine two research questions: What factors drive governments to employ each theory? Which theory predominates in the implementation of e-government? Our assumption is that providing answers to these two questions will help set the stage for future research linking e-government and democratic theory.
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ISSN:2160-9918
2160-9926
DOI:10.4018/ijepr.2014100103