Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil

Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil

Does online voting mobilize citizens who otherwise would not participate? During the annual participatory budgeting vote in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil -- the world's largest -- Internet voters were asked whether they would have participated had there not been an online vo...

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Main Authors: Spada, Paolo, Mellon, Jonathan, Peixoto, Tiago, Sjoberg, Fredrik M.
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
civil participation
participatory budgeting
voting
public policy
digital divide
communication technologies
democratization
participatory democracy
citizen engagement
governance
institutional reform
decentralization
political participation
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21643

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