Should E-government design for citizen participation? Stealth democracy and deliberation

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 151, Issue , 2006, Pages 53-61

  Muhlberger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic deliberation; Human agency; Online deliberation; Political apathy; Political discussion; Political participation; Stealth democracy

Indexed keywords

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; CYBEROPTIMISTS; E-GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; STEALTH DEMOCRACY;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; ONLINE CONFERENCING; USER INTERFACES;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 34250754931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1146598.1146620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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