E-government mechanisms to enhance the participation of citizens and society: Exploratory analysis through the dimension of municipalities

Francisca Tejedo-Romero, Joaquim Filipe Ferraz Esteves Araujo, Ángel Tejada and Yolanda Ramírez

Technology in Society, 2022, vol. 70, issue C

Abstract: The use of information technologies has been a window of opportunity for local governments to increase initiatives and instruments for citizen participation and interaction with society. The electronic interaction of municipalities with citizens may be different depending on the municipality. The objective of this study is to explore how the dimension of Portuguese municipalities can explain the implementation of participatory processes and channels through e-government initiatives to improve participation and interaction with society. Based on the analysis of the municipal information and interaction indexes, our results show that municipalities are increasingly committed to developing online initiatives for citizen participation in a significant way over the years, with the largest municipalities being the ones that implement the most mechanisms. The influence of population size occurs both for information dissemination and for the implementation of citizen participation mechanisms. This result is consistent with stakeholder theory and political cost theory.

Keywords: Participation; E-Government; Local government; Transparency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.101978

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