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Going Beyond the Smart City? Implementing Technopolitical Platforms for Urban Democracy in Madrid and Barcelona

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  • Adrian Smith
  • Pedro Prieto Martín

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Digital platforms for urban democracy are analyzed in Madrid and Barcelona. These platforms permit citizens to debate urban issues with other citizens; to propose developments, plans, and policies for city authorities; and to influence how city budgets are spent. Contrasting with neoliberal assumptions about Smart Citizenship, the technopolitics discourse underpinning these developments recognizes that the technologies facilitating participation have themselves to be developed democratically. That is, technopolitical platforms are built and operate as open, commons-based processes for learning, reflection, and adaptation. These features prove vital to platform implementation consistent with aspirations for citizen engagement and activism.

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  • Adrian Smith & Pedro Prieto Martín, 2021. "Going Beyond the Smart City? Implementing Technopolitical Platforms for Urban Democracy in Madrid and Barcelona," Journal of Urban Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(1-2), pages 311-330, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjutxx:v:28:y:2021:i:1-2:p:311-330
    DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2020.1786337
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    1. A. V. Baranov & L. N. Garas, 2022. "«Smart City» in Socio-Political Projection (The Case of Barcelona)," Administrative Consulting, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. North-West Institute of Management., issue 1.
    2. Yu-Shan Tseng & Christoph Becker & Ida Roikonen, 2024. "Dialectical approach to unpacking knowledge-making for digital urban democracy: A critical case of Helsinki-based e-participatory budgeting," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 61(1), pages 112-129, January.
    3. Zhang, Yi & Kimathi, Flora A., 2022. "Exploring the stages of E-government development from public value perspective," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).

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