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Shaping up e-Participation Evaluation: A Multi-criteria Analysis
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Information Systems and Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1337-0479
2018 (English)In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics): 10th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2018, Krems, Austria, September 3-5, 2018 / [ed] Edelmann, N., Parycek, P., Misuraca, G., Panagiotopoulos, P., Charalabidis, Y., Virkar, S., Springer, 2018, Vol. 11021, p. 3-12Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

E-Participation is the use of internet-based technology to empower and include citizens in government decision making processes. The United Nations has evaluated e-Participation around the globe on a regular basis. This evaluation has been criticized for not corresponding to reality, thus allowing non-democratic regimes to gain high positions simply by offering web services. Against this backdrop, the purpose of this paper was to develop a method for evaluating e-Participation, which takes into account a nation’s democratic system. Multi-criteria decision analysis was utilized to create a new index by combining datasets of democracy and equality with the UN e-Participation Index 2016. In the new index, authoritarian regimes have lower ranks, and it performed better than UN’s index when testing it towards perceived corruption. The paper concludes by suggesting that the proposed method should be accompanied by indicators of the actual use and impact of e-Participation processes. The results of this study contribute to the improvement of e-Participation evaluation practice by introducing normative criteria of good governance.

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Springer, 2018. Vol. 11021, p. 3-12
Keywords [en]
e-Participation, evaluation, democracy, equality, multi-criteria analysis
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Information Systems
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-34258DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98578-7_1ISI: 000776456800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85052923466ISBN: 978-3-319-98578-7 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-34258DiVA, id: diva2:1239316
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10th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2018, Krems, Austria, September 3-5, 2018
Available from: 2018-08-16 Created: 2018-08-16 Last updated: 2022-06-03Bibliographically approved

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