Engaging Citizens in Policy Making

Contents:

1 Engaging citizens in policy making: The potential and challenges of
e-participation 1
Veiko Lember, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Kadi Maria Vooglaid
2 Framework for analysis of the management and organization of
e-participation initiatives 11
Tiina Randma-Liiv, Kadi Maria Vooglaid and Veiko Lember

PART I E-PARTICIPATION INITIATIVES ON NATIONAL LEVEL
3 We asked, you said, we did: Assessing the drivers and effectiveness of
an e-participation practice in Scotland 26
Benedetta Bello and James Downe
4 Parlement & Citoyens in France: An e-participation platform
connecting legislators and citizens for collaborative policy design 40
Samuel Defacqz and Claire Dupuy
5 (e-)Participation and propaganda: The mix of old and new technology in
Hungarian national consultations 56
Sara Svensson, Andras Molnar and Agnes Batory
6 Enhancing law-making efficiency, public value or both: Case study of
e-participation platform in Slovakia 71
Matus Sloboda, Katarina Staronova and Alexandra Polakova Suchalova
7 Participatory law-making in the digital age: The case of the e-public
consultation platform in Croatia 91
Petra Durman, Anamarija Musa and Ivan Kopric
8 The Estonian Citizens' Initiative Portal: Drivers and barriers of
institutionalized e-participation 104
Kadi Maria Vooglaid and Tiina Randma-Liiv
9 From online participation to policy making: Exploring the success
behind Latvian legislative crowdsourcing platform MyVoice 120
Visvaldis Valtenbergs
10 Public online consultation in Lithuania: A political declaration or the
real empowerment of citizens? 136
Rasa Bortkeviciute and Vitalis Nakrosis

PART II E-PARTICIPATION INITIATIVES ON LOCAL LEVEL
11 Decide Madrid: A Spanish best practice on e-participation 152
Vicente Pina, Lourdes Torres, Sonia Royo and Jaime Garcia-Rayado
12 The pursuit of legitimacy as a learning process: A case of local
e-participation in Sweden 166
Alina Ostling
13 Citizens' engagement in policy making: Insights from an e-participation
platform in Leuven, Belgium 180
A. Paula Rodriguez Mu?ller
14 The implementation of e-participation platforms in Ireland: The case of
OpenConsult 196
Bernadette Connaughton
15 How organizational factors shape e-participation: Lessons from the
German one-stop participation portal meinBerlin 209
Andree Pruin
16 e-Participation in Austria: Digital Agenda Vienna 225
Noella Edelmann and Bettina Hoechtl
17 Connecting participation and e-participation: The use of ICT in the
participatory initiatives of Brno 244
David Spacek
18 Management and organization of e-participation: Synthesis from 15
European initiatives 260
Tiina Randma-Liiv and Veiko Lember

Index 280

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• Ciência: temas gerais
• Financiamento e política da ciência
• Administração pública
• Políticas da governo central
• Métodos de pesquisa: geral

e-participation; digital democracy; citizen engagement; public consultation; digital government; policy-making process