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Strengthening Democracy through Citizen e-Participation on Local Level in the Republic of Macedonia
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Abstract The paper evaluates the types of e-democracy initiatives on local level in the Republic of Macedonia. E-democracy initiatives were classified by the elements of the democratic process, which they work to enhance: transparency, accountability and active participation. For the purpose of our research ... view more
The paper evaluates the types of e-democracy initiatives on local level in the Republic of Macedonia. E-democracy initiatives were classified by the elements of the democratic process, which they work to enhance: transparency, accountability and active participation. For the purpose of our research we analysed websites of the units of local self-government in the Republic of Macedonia in the period of 2017, with special emphasis on e-democracy initiatives in order to provide a framework for classification. The research discovered many outstanding local e-democracy initiatives. However, there is a little evidence that these initiatives have done much to ameliorate the problems on local level that Republic of Macedonia is facing, such as: weak democratic institutions and low level of citizen participation in democratic processes using ICT as intermediary. The paper also provides some recommendations for improving e-democracy initiatives on local level and their performance in general.... view less
Keywords
Macedonia; citizens' participation; political decision; decision making; political participation; civil society; electronic democracy; social media; political communication; municipal council
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
local governance; citizen e-participation; e-democracy initiatives; levels of citizen involvement
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
16 p.
Journal
European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities, 7 (2018) 2
Issue topic
e-Democracy, political participation
ISSN
2285-4916
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0