Description (short summary):
After years of sluggish progress, eParticipation is increasingly being prioritized by German and international policy makers. Web 2.0 applications are supposed to facilitate the citizen-government interaction.

Following a web-based data collection of web-portals, eParticipation offerings and use of Web 2.0 applications in Germany's 50 largest cities and 16 federal states in the areas of urban planning, budgetary planning, complaints/suggestions and citizen services within a four-step policy cycle were analyzed. The results underline that informational integration of citizens in government outweighs consultative approaches. Therefore, this study concludes that-for the 66 cases studied-German Government 2.0 activities are still in beta phase.

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EN Version: 21
DE Version: 22

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Nature of documentation: Independent reports and studies