Direct Deliberative Governance and the Web: The Collaborative Work of Democratic Decision-Making Mediated by an Online Social Environment

dc.contributor.authorvan der Merwe, Rean
dc.contributor.authorMeehan, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-15T12:13:07Z
dc.date.available2017-04-15T12:13:07Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractDirect deliberative democracy presents a conceptually attractive model of civic governance – particularly relevant at local scale. We outline the ‘work’ of direct deliberative democracy by considering its underlying principles and objectives, and discuss four fundamental challenges that are commonly proposed: the difficulty of coordinating direct participation, the expertise required of participants, the often underestimated dynamics of power in direct action, and that deliberation is not necessarily the sole, ideal mode of participation. At hand of a case study of an online “community of interest”, the paper investigates the potential role of social media to facilitate this work, and to mitigate the challenges cited.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-1-84996-211-7_11
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer, London
dc.relation.ispartofCOOP 2010: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Designing Cooperative Systems
dc.relation.ispartofseriesC&T
dc.titleDirect Deliberative Governance and the Web: The Collaborative Work of Democratic Decision-Making Mediated by an Online Social Environment
dc.typeText
gi.citation.endPage202
gi.citation.startPage183
gi.conference.dateMay, 18-21, 2010
gi.conference.locationAix-en-Provence
gi.conference.sessiontitleFull Papers

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