Title: Direct deliberative local governance using online media : consensual problem solving or a recalcitrant pluralism?

Authors: Van der Merwe, Rean and Meehan, Anthony

Place: [Milton Keynes]

Publisher: The Open university

Year: cop. 2010

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, governance, internet, democracy, south africa

Abstract: This paper analyses the conversation on a discussion list that was developed to support local, direct governance in a community in South Africa. It was found that online interaction can facilitate pluralist deliberation for managing complex local governance problems.

URL: http://oro.open.ac.uk/27195/1/OD_Paper_RvdM_revised.pdf

Document type: Portal