Creating democratic value in the public sphere through e-Participation: Where is this value?

Paul McCusker; David O'Donnell; Honor G. Fagan

Creating democratic value in the public sphere through e-Participation: Where is this value?

Paul McCusker
, David O'Donnell
, Honor G. Fagan

Intellectual Capital Research Institute
National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM)

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Abstract

This mainly theoretical paper, with some brief empirical illustrations, addresses the challenge of value creation in the public sphere through eParticipation; such value is largely both intangible and multidimensional. Insights from political, economic, social and socio-technical sciences are needed to more clearly delineate pragmatic conceptualisations of this form of intangible public value. The key question addressed here-where is this value? Theoretically we draw broadly on the development economics of Joseph Stiglitz on the relationship between participation and development and on Jürgen Habermas' massive ouvre on deliberative democracy on the relationship between communicative processes and opinion and will formation in the public sphere.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on e-Government, ECEG 2007
Pages	301-308
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	7th European Conference on e-Government, ECEG 2007 - Den Haag, Netherlands Duration: 21 Jul 2007 → 22 Jul 2007

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Government, ECEG
ISSN (Print)	2049-1034

Conference

Conference	7th European Conference on e-Government, ECEG 2007
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Den Haag
Period	21/07/07 → 22/07/07

Keywords

Conceptualising public value
Deliberative democracy
Development economics
E-Citizens
E-Democracy
E-Participation

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McCusker, P, O'Donnell, D & Fagan, HG 2007, Creating democratic value in the public sphere through e-Participation: Where is this value? in Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on e-Government, ECEG 2007. Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Government, ECEG, pp. 301-308, 7th European Conference on e-Government, ECEG 2007, Den Haag, Netherlands, 21/07/07.

Creating democratic value in the public sphere through e-Participation: Where is this value? / McCusker, Paul; O'Donnell, David; Fagan, Honor G.
Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on e-Government, ECEG 2007. 2007. p. 301-308 (Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Government, ECEG).

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