Original scientific paper
E-Democracy and E-Participation in Slovenian Local Self-Government
Simona Kukovič
orcid.org/0000-0003-3717-9019
; Fakultet društvenih znanosti, Sveučilište u Ljubljani, Slovenija
Marjan Brezov šek
; Fakultet društvenih znanosti, Sveučilište u Ljubljani, Slovenija
Abstract
The paper analyses the usage of e-participation tools in Slovenian municipalities. The paper originates from the theory of e-democracy in connection with information and communication technology (ICT). ICT allows citizen participation and inclusiveness in the processes of decision-making by use of various e-participation tools (e-contact, e-forum, e-survey, e-petition, etc.). An emphasis was placed on local democracy and its various forms, i.e. representative, market, network and (most importantly for this paper) participative democracy, one of the increasing elements of which is also e-participation. We analysed official web pages of all 211 Slovenian municipalities and found that while all municipalities offer e-access and various forms of e-consultations to its citizens, other e- participation tools can only rarely be found. In addition, a comparative analysis of the survey results from 2006 and 2009 shows that the number of municipalities which offer diverse tools of e-participation is slowly decreasing.
Keywords
participatory democracy; ICT; e-democracy; e-participation; municipalities; Slovenia
Hrčak ID:
142731
URI
Publication date:
28.6.2015.
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