Call for Papers: "Digital media and participatory democracy:
Bridging the Political Gap?"
6th ECPR General Conference, University of Iceland, 25th - 27th Aug.
2011
Deadline for submission of paper abstracts: 1 February 2011,
http://www.ecprnet.eu/conferences/general_conference/reykjavik/panel_details.asp?panelid=421
Panel Scope
Since the 1980s has been an intensive promotion of participatory
experiences in different areas of the world. Some of these experiences
were associated with the restoration of democracy and/or a new discourse
from the left. New participative practices arise with the aim of
approaching political representatives and citizens, making the politics
more transparent. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have
reinforced the trend with the goals of revitalizing democracy,
increasing transparency in public management and spreading new political
communication and participatory spaces. ICTs are facilitating
participatory practices with more extense and direct information and a
bigger communication between political representatives and represented.
The aim of this workshop is to explore to what extent information and
communication technologies facilitate participatory practices with a
bigger citizen participation in the public sphere and in particular,
analyse what fosters citizen e-Participation experiences promotion?
Which factors determine its development? What does its functioning
depends on?
The panel wishes to attract empirical, comparative and also theoretical
papers which deal with the issue of Information and Communication
Technologies incorporation into participatory democracy.
Panel Chairs: Yanina Welp (University of Zurich)& Clelia Colombo
(Autonomous University of Barcelona)
For more information on the panel and submission of paper
abstracts, please visit
http://www.ecprnet.eu/conferences/general_conference/reykjavik/panel_details.asp?panelid=421
