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In order to provide the first elements of a participatory process initiated and led by Chinese authorities, this paper will look at the citizen’s involvement in an urban planning project in China and discuss possible avenues to sustain the process in a spe ...
Recent years have seen an increasing scholarly debate on the role of the Internet as a sphere for public political expression and participation. Especially social digital media (SDM) are a phenomenon of interest to many scholars. The capability of SDM to f ...
E-Government is often conceived as the next logical step after public sector reform. However, the implications of this step are not always acknowledged. In this paper, I will first recall, how exactly e-government follows the various public sector reform e ...
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