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ICT's for democracy in Latin America?

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Yanina WelpAuthors Info & Claims

ePart'10: Proceedings of the 2nd IFIP WG 8.5 international conference on Electronic participation

Pages 42 - 53

Published: 29 August 2010 Publication History

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Should Latin American governments concentrate their efforts in improving efficiency, transparency and accountability or should they also aim to increase the participation of citizens in decision-making? Is there a risk of reinforcing inequality through the promotion of ICT's for democracy in countries with a considerable digital divide? Is there a risk of reinforcing populism, clientelism and concentration of power leaving the promotion of ICT's in hands of strong presidents of the sort that prevail in many Latin American countries today? Based on previous research on Latin America focused on (i) goals and conditions to promote e-democracy; (ii) e-government developments; and (iii) e-democracy initiatives promoted by governments and civil society organizations, the paper explores e-democracy developments and trends and suggests a landscape for further research.

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ePart'10: Proceedings of the 2nd IFIP WG 8.5 international conference on Electronic participation

August 2010

237 pages

ISBN:3642151574

Editors:
Efthimios Tambouris
University of Macedonia, Naousa, Greece
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Ann Macintosh
The University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Olivier Glassey
IDHEAP, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Matheus RRibeiro MVaz Jde Souza CFerriero DPardo TQian H(2012)Anti-corruption online monitoring systems in BrazilProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance10.1145/2463728.2463809(419-425)Online publication date: 22-Oct-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2463728.2463809

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