Democracy models and civic technologies: Tensions, trilemmas, and trade-offs

This paper aims at connecting democratic theory with civic technolo- gies in order to highlight the links between some theoretical tensions and tri- lemmas and design trade-offs. First, it reviews some tensions and `trilemmas¿ raised by political philosophers and democratic theorists. Second, it con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Poblet, Marta, Plaza, Enric
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/164837
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164837
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Democracy
Linked democracy
Participation
Representation
Delib-eration
Civic technologies
Descripción
Sumario:This paper aims at connecting democratic theory with civic technolo- gies in order to highlight the links between some theoretical tensions and tri- lemmas and design trade-offs. First, it reviews some tensions and `trilemmas¿ raised by political philosophers and democratic theorists. Second, it considers both the role and the limitations of civic technologies in mitigating these ten- sions and trilemmas. Third, it proposes to adopt a meso-level approach, in be- tween the macro-level of democratic theories and the micro-level of tools, to situate the interplay between people, digital technologies, and data.