Open AccessElectronic Support for the Legislative Consultation Process
Author(s) -
Günther Schefbeck
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
ejournal of edemocracy and open government
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2075-9517
DOI - 10.29379/jedem.v2i1.20
Subject(s) - argumentation theory , legislature , process (computing) , quality (philosophy) , legislative process , process management , computer science , knowledge management , political science , management science , public relations , engineering ethics , business , engineering , law , philosophy , epistemology , operating system
The paper outlines the theoretical concepts of (legislative) consultation and describes the practical requirements of electronic support for consultation processes. It suggests that new electronic tools, in particular Social and Semantic Web tools, might have a sound potential to increase within civil society the interest in being involved in consultation processes, to improve the quality of argumentation within such processes, and to make more efficient the evaluation of their results.