Recommended Citation
Porwol, Lukasz; Ojo, Adegboyega; Breslin, John (2013) Structuring e-Participation Perspectives Mapping and Aligning Models to Core Facets 14th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, 2013
Abstract
A proliferation of e-participation research in recent years has produced
fragmented contributions in the area of e-participation models. Without a
mechanism for analyzing, relating and consolidating these models, further
development of the domain is in danger of repeating itself. This paper presents
such a mechanism an Integrative Framework which organizes e-participation
models based on the nature and specific aspects of e-participation supported.
The Integrative Framework enables mapping of models to 12 different facets
constructed from a combination of three related perspectives and four canonical
aspects of e-participation. While our genealogical analysis of the models showed
in general weak relationships among models, our Framework enabled logical
groupings of these models as a basis for consolidation, alignment or
complementarity analyses. Mappings also clearly revealed aspects of
e-participation that are yet to be (sufficiently) addressed. We conclude with
recommendations for fostering rigorous and incremental model development in the
e-participation domain.