• DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2575.2005.00184.x
• Corpus ID: 16020005

Towards the enhancement of e‐democracy: identifying the notion of the ‘middleman paradox’

@article{Mahrer2005TowardsTE,
  title={Towards the enhancement of e‐democracy: identifying the notion of the ‘middleman paradox’},
  author={Harald Mahrer and Robert Krimmer},
  journal={Information Systems Journal},
  year={2005},
  volume={15}
}

• H. Mahrer, R. Krimmer
• Published 1 January 2005
• Political Science
• Information Systems Journal

Abstract. The challenge towards e‐democracy, through the electronic transformation of political systems, has become increasingly evident within developed economies. It is regarded as an approach for increased and better quality citizen participation in the democratic processes. E‐democracy forms a component of overall e‐government initiatives where technology adoption and diffusion, to enhance wider access to, and the delivery of, government services, are apparent. However, previous research demonstrates that very few e‐democracy proposals survive the stage of formal political decision‐making to become substantive e‐government projects within national or international agendas. Furthermore, the implementation  of  e‐democracy  projects  is  undertaken  at  a  much  slower  pace and with dramatically less support than the implementation of other, so‐called e‐administration, activities in the public sector.