Digital Democracy: Discourse and Decision Making in the Information Age
Digital Democracy: Discourse and Decision Making in the Information Age
Democratic Governance and New Technology: Technologically Mediated Innovations in Political Practice in Western Europe
Digital Democracy: Issues of Theory and Practice
Digital Democracy: Issues of Theory and Practice
Characterizing E-Participation in Policy-Making
HICSS '04 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'04) - Track 5 - Volume 5
E-voting in Europe: Divergent democratic practice
Information Polity
e-government... not e-governance... not e-democracy not now!: not ever?
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
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Academics and researchers face a challenge of making sense of the role e-democracy plays in the democratic process and with what implications. This requires a deeper understanding of the objectives and assumptions that underpin e-democracy innovations, as well as institutional and technology structures that condition their role in democratic engagement. This paper interprets case study data collected from three UK local authorities in light of Giddens Structuration theory to make sense of the role e-democracy plays in the democratic process. From the data, it elicits and identifies categories of social structures as perceived by different actors surrounding e-democracy. The insights gained suggest that social structures influence actors in prioritising, shaping and appropriating e-democracy and thus, in moderating its role in local democracy. Using these insights the paper offers some useful suggestions for enhancing democratic engagement through e-democracy projects.