the consumption of e-democracy in britain wainer lusoli university of chester
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E-democracy is…
‘a general concept covering a variety of visions of how electronic media could be used to facilitate more direct and equitable participation in politics’
(Dutton, 1992)
Attitudes vs. behaviour
High citizens’ hopes for ICTs
Low uptake of the Internet for political aims
Social stratification (e.g. reinforcement)
411834Voting in national elections via the Internet
343127Regular government e-mail bulletins on policy issues of interest to you
263234Government online polling on policy issues
193736Access to all Govt services via the Internet
252543Being able to comment via e-mail to the Parliament on major laws being discussed
193142All MPs having web sites
192844All MPs using e-mail addresses
Would not like to see
(%)
Don't mind (%)
Would like to see (%)
Support for e-government and e-democracy featuresSource: Ward et al, December 2004
A reality check
December 20028 % of British public engaged in any
online political activity December 2004
1 % of British public contacted their MP online
May 200517 % of British public used the
Internet as a source of information about the election
Individuals who used the Internet in the last three months to obtain information from public authority websites.
Source: Eurostat, EU-15 — 2003
Prospective uses of Internet
Source: Lusoli at al. 2005
10% 20% 30% 40%
Percentage of prosepctive users
Education
Family / friends
Purchases / banking
News / information
Work
Other reason
DK
Politics / government
The way ahead?
Increasing public expectations for more online activity by UK institutions
Technology matters - long-term internet and broadband users
Issues matter rather than politics per se
Institutions matter: devolved assemblies, local best practice
Ahhh, youth…
The unlikely setting…Liaisons Committee, 8 February 2005
Q103 Mr Allan: You have something of a reputation of being a technophobe on a personal level, is that fair?Mr Blair: I am afraid that is fair actually, yes.
Q104 Mr Allan: It is. Have you ever visited the multi-million pound central government website that you have set up to get us all to use these new electronic government facilities?Mr Blair: I think that is a very unfair question. The answer is no.
Q105 Mr Allan: Do you know the address of this multi-million pound project?Mr Blair: No.
Q106 Mr Allan: Your head of e-government, Ian Watmore, would be able to tell you all about it.Mr Blair: That is exactly why delegation is such an important part of the job of a prime minister.
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