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Polish E-Government at Local Level: Heavy Road to Citizens’ Empowerment

Authors:
Leszek Porebski

Keywords: e-government; e-democracy; websites content; local democracy; local government.

Abstract:
The paper evaluates the development of e-government in Polish local governments, within the framework of the role played by an individual in political processes. Presented here are the results of the empirical research carried out in the period of 2005-2009. The study comprised the assessment of the official websites of Polish counties, the secondary level of local government system. Sites of 314 counties were analyzed, with the application of the quantitative method based on Website Attribute Evaluation System. The change of citizens’ position with respect to public institutions was assessed against the background of the four basic functions performed by local governments websites. They are: information, promotion, consultation and service delivery. Research results indicate that local level of Polish e-government is on the preliminary stage of development and the impact of new technologies on the model of local democracy is limited.

Pages: 1 to 6

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: January 30, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3956

ISBN: 978-1-61208-176-2

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from January 30, 2012 to February 4, 2012