Digital Democracy as a Mechanism for Achieving Participatory Democracy -The Case of the Palestinian Territories-

In recent years, discourses about the democratising potential of the Internet and social networks have proliferated. The theoretical spectrum in which these discourses are located range from the consideration of the Internet and social networks as a complement to the procedures and techniques used by representative democracy (as a "digital democracy"), to their potential to generate new forms of citizenship as part of a move towards a new direct and participatory democracy of a horizontal nature. The analysis described here explores the extent to which the Internet and social networks are changing the relationship between governments and citizens, and whether they do in fact constitute another means of constructing citizenship and democratic political participation, through social mobilisation, moving towards a sense of strong, direct democracy and even the possibility of participatory self-government.

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From Participatory Democracy to Digital Democracy

Fast Capitalism ◽

10.32855/fcapital.200502.003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 27-33

Author(s):

Mark Kann

Keyword(s):

Participatory Democracy ◽

Digital Democracy

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The Role of DPPs in Promoting Local Government-Citizen Collaboration and Participation

10.4018/978-1-6684-3706-3.ch035 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 667-686

Author(s):

Khaled Tamzini ◽

Ynes Hafi ◽

Achref Ben Ouannes ◽

Roula Borhani

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Participatory Democracy ◽

Arabic Language ◽

Open Government ◽

Digital Democracy ◽

Start Up ◽

Participatory Platform ◽

Definition Of

The aim of this chapter is to present the implementation of a pilot digital participatory platform (DPP) called “Baladiaty” in order to foster local government-citizens collaboration and participation in Tunisia. “Baladiaty” means in the Arabic language “My municipality”. “Baladiaty” is a DPP designed, developed, and commercialized by ARSELA in 2019, a Tunisian start-up located in the governorate of Sousse. This paper contains two main parts. The first is considered a theoretical part. The authors will focus on the two main terms and concepts of this research, namely: digital democracy and DPP. This first part will focus on the definition of the digital participatory platform (DPP), and its role in promoting participatory democracy, citizen engagement and their ubiquitous engagement throughout the open government concept. The second part would be considered as a case study presenting a recently designed pilot DPP “Baladiaty” in Tunisia. This paper could be considered theoretical by focusing on the presentation of a pilot DPP in Tunisia, a nascent democracy.

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The Role of DPPs in Promoting Local Government-Citizen Collaboration and Participation

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fifth Edition - Advances in Information Quality and Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3479-3.ch108 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1578-1596

Author(s):

Khaled Tamzini ◽

Ynes Hafi ◽

Achref Ben Ouannes ◽

Roula Borhani

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Participatory Democracy ◽

Arabic Language ◽

Open Government ◽

Digital Democracy ◽

Start Up ◽

Participatory Platform ◽

Definition Of

The aim of this chapter is to present the implementation of a pilot digital participatory platform (DPP) called “Baladiaty” in order to foster local government-citizens collaboration and participation in Tunisia. “Baladiaty” means in the Arabic language “My municipality”. “Baladiaty” is a DPP designed, developed, and commercialized by ARSELA in 2019, a Tunisian start-up located in the governorate of Sousse. This paper contains two main parts. The first is considered a theoretical part. The authors will focus on the two main terms and concepts of this research, namely: digital democracy and DPP. This first part will focus on the definition of the digital participatory platform (DPP), and its role in promoting participatory democracy, citizen engagement and their ubiquitous engagement throughout the open government concept. The second part would be considered as a case study presenting a recently designed pilot DPP “Baladiaty” in Tunisia. This paper could be considered theoretical by focusing on the presentation of a pilot DPP in Tunisia, a nascent democracy.

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Searching for City Hall, Digital Democracy, and Public-Making Rhetoric: U.S. Municipal Websites and Citizen Engagement

The Journal of Public Interest Communications ◽

10.32473/jpic.v2.i1.p85 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 85

Author(s):

Jacqueline Johnson Lambiase

Keyword(s):

Shared Governance ◽

Participatory Democracy ◽

Citizen Engagement ◽

Important Work ◽

Digital Government ◽

Digital Democracy ◽

City Hall ◽

Content Analyses

U.S. cities rely on their websites to enhance citizen engagement, and digital government portals have been promoted for decades as gateways to participatory democracy. This study, through rhetorical and qualitative content analyses, focuses on 200 municipal homepages from 2017 and the ways they invite participation through public-making rhetoric. The findings reveal very few cities have: platforms for interactive discussions; representations of citizen activities; or ways to call citizens into being for the important work of shared governance.

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