TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a balanced E-Participation Index
T2 - Integrating government and society perspectives
AU - Pirannejad, Ali
AU - Janssen, Marijn
AU - Rezaei, Jafar
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Since 2003, the United Nations has introduced the E-Participation Index (EPI), the first index to evaluate e-participation initiatives worldwide. This index has been subject to criticism for not representing the society side of e-participation initiatives. The EPI assesses e-participation initiatives on the government side only and neglects the society side, which includes all kinds of civil e-participation initiatives. In this work, the society side is included by incrementally extending the EPI with the Human Development Index and the Democracy Index. To identify the weights of the index, the best–worst method (BWM) is used while surveying 23 experts. The results show that political rights and civil liberties are viewed as the most important criteria with which to evaluate e-participation initiatives. Using this ranking, the Balanced EPI (BEPI) is created, giving weight to both the government and society sides. The new index concerns the willingness and empowerment levels of citizens so that the public can influence policy and political decision-making. Dedicated e-participation measures should be developed in further research.
AB - Since 2003, the United Nations has introduced the E-Participation Index (EPI), the first index to evaluate e-participation initiatives worldwide. This index has been subject to criticism for not representing the society side of e-participation initiatives. The EPI assesses e-participation initiatives on the government side only and neglects the society side, which includes all kinds of civil e-participation initiatives. In this work, the society side is included by incrementally extending the EPI with the Human Development Index and the Democracy Index. To identify the weights of the index, the best–worst method (BWM) is used while surveying 23 experts. The results show that political rights and civil liberties are viewed as the most important criteria with which to evaluate e-participation initiatives. Using this ranking, the Balanced EPI (BEPI) is created, giving weight to both the government and society sides. The new index concerns the willingness and empowerment levels of citizens so that the public can influence policy and political decision-making. Dedicated e-participation measures should be developed in further research.
KW - Balanced e-participation index
KW - E-participation
KW - Government-led e-participation initiatives
KW - Society-led e-participation initiatives
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072173562&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.giq.2019.101404
DO - 10.1016/j.giq.2019.101404
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85072173562
VL - 36
JO - Government Information Quarterly: an international journal of information technology management, policies, and practices
JF - Government Information Quarterly: an international journal of information technology management, policies, and practices
SN - 0740-624X
IS - 4
M1 - 101404
ER -