Title: Electronic participatory budgeting (e-PPB): increasing people participation in the decision-making process

Authors: Ana Cristina Bicharra Garcia, Fernando B. Pinto, Inhauma Neves Ferraz

Addresses: Rua Nascimento Silva, 538/501, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22421-020, Brazil. ' Universidade Federal Fluminense, Passo da Patria 156, Bl E, sl 326, 24210-240, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil. ' Universidade Federal Fluminense, Passo da Patria 156, Bl E, sl 326, 24210-240, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

Abstract: The advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have raised new expectations to bring democracy to its full potential. This paper discusses three unsuccessful attempts to revive Athenian democracy using ICT to deal with participation scalability. We argue that the lack of the appropriate technological layers caused disappointments and distrust in the population.

Keywords: tele-democracy; ICT; participatory public budgeting; social networks; democracy; community directories; people participation; information technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2005.008114

International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2005 Vol.1 No.4, pp.504 - 517

Published online: 16 Nov 2005 *

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