Deliberative Democracy between Theory and Practice cuts across this debate by clarifying the structure of a deliberative democratic system, and goes on to re-evaluate the main empirical challenges to deliberative democracy in light of this
Anyone interested in using data for social good should read this book." —Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder of The Govlab, New York University and Editor-in-Chief of Data & Policy “The non-profit needs to build data capability so it continues ...
The editors of this book have a straightforward goal: to inspire you to engage your students through public collaboration in scientific research--also known as citizen science.
The timely book takes stock of the state of the art and future of electronic democracy, exploring the history and potential of e-democracy in global perspective.
This book dives into the practical applications of AI, revealing its potential to enhance services, reduce costs, and boost efficiency in local government.
The Measurement Guide helps governments, civil society, and researchers to understand how to assess open data activities based on the Open Data Charter (the 'Charter') principles.
Meanwhile, citizens may find themselves labelled as `ignorant' in environmental matters. In Citizen Science Alan Irwin provides a much needed route through the fraught relationship between science, the public and the environmental threat.
This thesis frames the ongoing collection of location data as an ongoing population survey. The ethics of data collection are beyond the scope of this work.
Moreover, disclosures concerning algorithmic systems often take place when their shortcomings (potential harms) are inadvertently exposed, often through the work of public interest groups
Subjecting this claim to critical scrutiny, in this book, Andrés Luque-Ayala and Simon Marvin examine the cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts in which urban computational logics have emerged.
In particular, the following key questions are of primary interest: Urban fabric: How is 'sharing' shaping cities? Does it represent a paradigm shift with tangible and physical reverberations on urban form?
The Sourcebook for Political Communication Research will offer scholars, students, researchers, and other interested readers a comprehensive source for state-of-the-art/field research methods, measures, and analytical techniques in the
User research is an effective strategy to gain a deeper understanding of your target audience — a crucial step in order to choose efficient design solutions and build smart products
Highlighting a range of topics such as social media and politics, civic activism, and public administration, this multi-volume book is geared toward government officials, leaders, practitioners, policymakers, academicians, and researchers interested in active citizen participation and politics.
Anyone can play a role in helping scientists collect data about the natural world. In this book, students will learn how the collection and use of data plays an important role in projects of all kinds.
Learning Through Citizen Science: Enhancing Opportunities by Design discusses the potential of citizen science to support science learning and identifies promising practices and programs that exemplify the promising practices.
The Data Librarian’s Handbook, written by two data librarians with over 30 years’ combined experience, unpicks the everyday role of the data librarian and offers practical guidance on how to collect, curate and crunch data for economic, ...
Two specific challenges are at the core of this book's argument that media literacy is the path toward more active and robust civic engagement in the 21st century: How can media literacy enable core competencies for value-driven, diverse ...
The book grapples with how geographies impact smart city visions and roll-outs, on the one hand, and how (unjust) geographies are produced in smart pursuits, on the other.
The first comprehensive account of the booming phenomenon of deliberative mini-publics, this book offers a systematic review of their variety, discusses their weaknesses, and recommends ways to make them a viable component of democracy
Nicholas Diakopoulos explains the present and future of a world in which algorithms have changed how the news is created, disseminated, and received, and he shows why journalists--and their values--are at little risk of being replaced.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach that they identify as a "cyber-realist research agenda," the contributors to this volume examine the prospects for electronic democracy in terms of its form and practice--while avoiding the pitfall of ...
This book relies on the conceptual model of Open Government (OG), focusing on transparency and, concretely, in open data initiatives at the local government context with the aim of improving participation and collaboration.
This Primer analyse these new forms of political party membership and presents how different parties and contexts have given birth to different ways of engaging citizens in the party’s life
