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Result: 'Mind the gap' : e-government and e-democracy

Title:
'Mind the gap' : e-government and e-democracy
Authors:
KOLSAKER, Ailsa, LEE-KELLEY, Liz
Source:
Electronic government (5th international conference, EGOV 2006, Krakow, Poland, September 4-8, 2006)Lecture notes in computer science. :96-106
Publisher Information:
Berlin: Springer, 2006.
Publication Year:
2006
Physical Description:
print, 31 ref 1
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Computer science, Informatique, Sociology, Sociologie, Telecommunications, Télécommunications, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences appliquees, Applied sciences, Informatique; automatique theorique; systemes, Computer science; control theory; systems, Logiciel, Software, Systèmes informatiques et systèmes répartis. Interface utilisateur, Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface, Administration publique, Civil service, Administración pública, Administration électronique, Electronic government, Administración electrónica, Attitude, Actitud, Climat, Climate, Clima, Internet, Transfert technologie, Technology transfer, Transferencia tecnológica
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
School of Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
ISSN:
0302-9743
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=19183735
Rights:
Copyright 2007 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems
Accession Number:
edscal.19183735
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

It is claimed that Internet technology offers governments the opportunity to engage citizens online and bridge the growing gap between citizens and the state. In the current climate of citizen disengagement this is a potentially important prospect. Academic studies into e-government tend to follow a well-trodden path of technology acceptance, citizens' willingness and ability to use public services online and the digital divide. Where issues of e-democracy are considered, studies generally highlight opportunities rather than measuring any actual changes in citizen behaviour. This study examines citizens' perceptions, attitudes and behaviour, seeking specifically to expose whether citizens feel that e-government enhances democratic participation and brings them closer to government and the machinery of the state. In this paper we present the results of the pilot study which suggest that citizens perceive some moderate value in using e-government as a means of keeping themselves informed and communicating with the state, but little value in e-government as a tool of democratic participation.