Data and Citizen Engagement – Disentangling the Relationship
Tiago Peixoto – As more and more players engage in participatory initiatives, there is a significant amount of citizen-generated data being collected, which is important on its own. However, in … Continue reading
The Uncertain Relationship between Open Data and Accountability
Tiago Peixoto – Open government data, often equated with transparency by its advocates, emerges as the new low-hanging fruit of good governance.In the absence of a free press, open data … Continue reading
Why Do Cities Struggle to Replicate Best Practices?
Mike Pagano – Cities, urban regions, suburban communities and rural towns have only one thing in common and following a Pied Piper is not one of them. Besides being composed … Continue reading
Governance in the Digital City
Klaus Philipsen – While one can easily see how the digital world can empower and equalize especially through access, information and horizontal connectivity, the down-sides begin to take shape as … Continue reading
The Uncertain Relationship Between Open Data and Accountability
Tiago Peixoto – I contend that the authors ignore the enabling conditions under which transparency may lead to accountability, notably the publicity and political agency conditions. I argue that the … Continue reading
The demophobes and the great fear of populism
Philippe Marlière – One might note that the less represented the ‘popular’ classes are in political parties, in parliament or in government, the more ‘populism’ is branded a threat. Over … Continue reading
The Misrule of Law
Ana Palacio – Once upon a time, despots simply acted like despots. Nowadays, they dress up their dictatorships in the trappings of the rule of law… legality has emerged as … Continue reading
Thailand: A strategy for democratic change
Marc Saxer Even if the elites manage to settle the political conflict with a Grand Bargain, this will not suffice to overcome the deeper transformation crisis. Thailand’s traditional political, social … Continue reading
Asia’s human capital and the middle-income trap
Peter Drysdale – Two things clearly play an important role: failure to invest in the human capital that is necessary to take income to a higher level; and failure to reform … Continue reading
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