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Municipal Websites: Linking Democratic Theory and Citizen Participation

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  • Lamar Vernon Bennett

    (Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, USA)

  • Aroon Manoharan

    (Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA)

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In this paper the authors draw on Scott's (2006) work on e-government and democratic theories to examine how governments engage their citizens online. The three theories they focus – representative, pluralist, and direct – are the most prominent in the democratic theory literature. Using data from the 200 American local governments, they examine two research questions: What factors drive governments to employ each theory? Which theory predominates in the implementation of e-government? Our assumption is that providing answers to these two questions will help set the stage for future research linking e-government and democratic theory.

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  • Lamar Vernon Bennett & Aroon Manoharan, 2014. "Municipal Websites: Linking Democratic Theory and Citizen Participation," International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), IGI Global, vol. 3(4), pages 40-56, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jepr00:v:3:y:2014:i:4:p:40-56
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