E-Parliament and ICT-based legislation concept, experiences and lessons /

"This book presents a conceptual framework regarding e-parliament and analyzes the impacts of ICTs on the structure of parliament, its functions, relations with other actors and the legislative process"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Sobaci, Mehmet Zahid, 1980-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: strengthening parliaments through ICTs / Mehmet Zahid Sobaci
  • 2. An overview of E-parliament services: designing for citizen awareness and participation / Aspasia Papaloi and Dimitris Gouscos
  • 3. ICTs for information capabilities of parliamentary stakeholders / Malik Aleem Ahmed
  • 4. Worldwide diffusion of e-parliament within the framework of policy transfer: the role of the Global Centre for ICT in parliament / Mehmet Zahid Sobaci
  • 5. The member for cyberspace: e-representation and MPs in the UK / Nigel Jackson and Darren G. Lilleker
  • 6. Connecting citizens to the European Parliament: E-consultations as a tool for political representation / Martin Karlsson
  • 7. Communication and documentation on parliamentary Websites: the topics of parliamentary business on the website of the Italian Chamber of Deputies / Enrico Seta
  • 8. Strengthening parliaments through ICT: experience and lessons from the Portuguese parliament / Cláudia Ribeiro
  • 9. An evaluation framework for MPs websites: the case of Greek Members of Parliament / Georgios Lappas and Prodromos Yannas
  • 10. Online presence of the members of the Turkish Parliament: evaluation of the Turkish MP Web sites / Mete Yildiz, Ahu Sumbas and Kadir Dede
  • 11. The Role of parliamentary Websites in the budget process: the case of the Turkish parliament / Tolga Demirbas
  • 12. The E-parliament in Lithuania: the way ahead from the outset / Rimantas Petrauskas and Neringa Vegyte Descarrega
  • 13. Bridging the political gap?: the adoption of ICTs for the improvement of Latin American parliamentary democracy / Yanina Welp
  • 14. The invisible side of political participation: e-participation mechanisms and information management in Latin American parliaments / Andréa Perna and Sérgio Braga
  • 15. Characterizing legislative websites: the case of the state of Mexico / Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan and J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
  • 16. Aid assisted parliamentary website initiatives in developing countries: challenges and solutions / Malik Aleem Ahmed
  • 17. Conceptualization of e-parliament in promoting e-democracy: prospects for the SADC Region / Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, Tanya Du Plessis and Chris Rensleigh
  • 18. Promoting E-democracy and citizen participation through ICT initiatives in parliament: the Malawi case / Chipo Kanjo.