Cardi, Quentin
Cette thèse étudie la manière dont les institutions utilisent les procédures numériques dans leur application des processus participatifs, afin d'analyser comment cette utilisation peut résoudre certains des problèmes liés à la démocratie participative que nous nommerons « traditionnelle ». L'exemple du Budget Participatif de Paris, notamment, rend...
Harivel, Jean
L'invasion de la technologie numérique a modifié la société civile et administrative depuis la fin du XXe siècle. Les libertés publiques et individuelles ont été affectées par cette technologie. Le droit commun s'est adapté pour défendre les libertés publiques. Une législation spéciale s'est mise en place pour protéger la vie privée au travers de l...
Bance, Philippe Chassy, Angélique
The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) is a tool of economic analysis whose purpose is tomeasure, by the declared preferences of individuals, the utility they attach to the production ofpublic goods and thus allow a public decision-maker to arbitrate between expenses. Theapproach has been used in a centralist conceptual scheme, which leaves little r...
Homsy, George C.
Published in
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
With the U.S. federal government stepping away from climate change, a number of cities have indicated that they will continue their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Broad statistical analysis and case studies of larger and often progressive cities have provided some insight into what drives local governments to act on climate change miti...
Foisy, Dominic Bourque, Denis
Le gouvernement du Québec a amorcé récemment une transformation importante de la gestion de l'État social. Dans un double mouvement, il centralise la gestion de certains secteurs d'activités à l'échelle provinciale alors que pour d'autres il décentralise les responsabilités à l'échelle des municipalités. Ceci a pour effet de déconstruire les instan...
Choi, Yeon-Tae Kwon, Gyeong-Hoan
Published in
Quality & Quantity
This study empirically examined whether the use of social networking sites (SNSs) for political purposes would encourage personalized and informal modes of participation more strongly than traditional and institutional modes of participation. Multiple regression analysis was applied to data collected from a nationwide online survey conducted among ...
Lund, Virpi Juujärvi, Soile
Published in
VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
In this case study, we aimed to investigate residents’ agency through their participation in the development of their residential area in the city of Espoo, Finland. With the aid of seven themes, we identified by thematic analysis five types of residents in terms of agency: free floaters, home troops and helpers, representative information brokers,...
Passos Simancas, Edgardo Serafin
This research is aimed at finding out the armed conflict school victim´s knowledge and competence for the social control and citizen´s participation in Nelson Mandela neighborhood school in Cartagena city in Colombia country. Direct observation, surveys to teachers and students as well as a quantitative and experimental study was necessary to manag...
Mohammadi, Seyed Hamid Norazizan, Sharifah Nikkhah, Hedayat Allah
Published in
Quality & Quantity
There is a growing consensus among citizens and members of local government that citizen participation is desirable for local government. However in practice, there are differing perceptions between them regarding the level and extent of citizen participation. As citizen participation is a multi faceted concept, its meaning is construed differently...
Darusalam, D. (author) Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author) Ubacht, J. (author)
Governments are seeking for new ways to fight corruption within their own administration. The opening of data has the potential to involve citizens in detecting corruption by providing them the ability to view and analyze data about what is happening within the government. However, how open data can be used to detect corruption is not clear. In thi...