Citizen consultation from above and below: The Australian perspective
Bruns, Axel & Wilson, Jason (2010) Citizen consultation from above and below: The Australian perspective. In Reddick, C G (Ed.) Politics, Democracy and E-Government. Information Science Reference, United States, pp. 332-346.
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Citizen engagement and e‐government initiatives in Australia remain somewhat underdeveloped, not least for a number of fundamental structural reasons. Fledgling initiatives can be divided into a number of broad categories, including top‐down government consultation through blogs and similar experimental online sites operated by government departments; bottom‐up NGO‐driven watchdog initiatives such as GetUp!’s Project Democracy site, modelled on projects established in the UK; and a variety of more or less successful attempts by politicians (and their media handlers) to utilise social networking tools to connect with constituents while bypassing the mainstream media. This chapter explores these initiatives, and discusses the varying levels of success which they have found to date.
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| DOI: | 10.4018/978-1-61520-933-0.ch020 | ||
| ISBN: | 978-1-61520-933-0 | ||
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| Deposited On: | 11 Jan 2011 07:58 | ||
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