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Forging smarter cities through CrowdLaw
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Abstract Public officials are often ill-equipped when it comes to knowing how to regulate complex societal challenges, especially those that involve cutting-edge scientific and technological advances that raise myriad ethical, moral, political, legal, regulatory and social questions. But what if technology c... view more
Public officials are often ill-equipped when it comes to knowing how to regulate complex societal challenges, especially those that involve cutting-edge scientific and technological advances that raise myriad ethical, moral, political, legal, regulatory and social questions. But what if technology could be used to improve the quality of regulation and legislation? Online, tech-enabled participation methods, known as "CrowdLaw", enable more individuals, not only interest groups, to inform the legislative and policymaking processes. In this brief commentary, I survey a handful of global examples which show CrowdLaw in use at each stage of the lawmaking process at the local level and exhibit how participation is improving outcomes.... view less
Keywords
legislation; technological progress; new technology; layout; town; scientific progress; participation; politics; citizens' involvement; decision making; technology
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Technology Assessment
Law
Free Keywords
CrowdLaw
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 123-126
Journal
Media and Communication, 6 (2018) 4
Issue topic
E-government and smart cities: theoretical reflections and case studies
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed