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This research examines the use of innovative mechanisms for encouragement of citizen participation in the governance, policy, and decision making processes using case studies of Washington, DC, the United States and Seoul, South Korea for comparison. The research illustrates ways of encouraging development of citizen participation using innovative mechanisms through comparative study. This research used a comparative case study of the two cities which focuses on how the two governments apply ICTs and foster citizen participation, what similarities and differences there are between the two city governments' performance and practices, and what may cause these similarities and differences. For the research, websites and citizen participation practices of Washington, DC and Seoul using innovative technologies - Citizen Summit and Seoul Oasis - are reviewed and compared using the categories of general capacity, actor, legal aspect, management, and evaluation. As capitals of the United States and South Korea, Washington, DC and Seoul lead the encouragement of citizen participation, and the two cities' specific practices are recognized as exemplary. The findings describe encouragement of citizen participation using innovative technologies in governance, policy, and decision making processes of Washington, DC and Seoul as well as similarities and differences. Both cities commonly use Government 2.0. Through Government 2.0, citizens can participate and influence the results and effects of policy. Also, governments secure transparency, legitimacy, and efficiency through direct communication with citizens. The study illustrates how citizen participation using innovative technologies can support civic engagement in local government. Strong leadership of the mayor is a common driving force of the two cities in initiating and implementing the Citizen Summit and Seoul Oasis. Different contexts of the two cities influence ways to initiate and utilize innovative technologies. Washington, DC implemented a practice combining public meeting and small group discussion using innovative technologies. On the other hand, Seoul initiated a new citizen participation practice based on the Internet. The results of the research show that innovative mechanisms allow adopting new government-citizen relationships in both cities.
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Title
- Fostering citizen participation though [i.e. through] innovative mechanisms in governance, policy, and decision making process: comparing Washington, D.C. and Seoul
- Fostering citizen participation through innovative mechanisms in governance, policy, and decision making process
Contributors
- Chung, So Yoon (Author)
- Cayer, N. Joseph (Thesis advisor)
- Svara, James H. (Committee member)
- Lan, Gerald Z (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2011
Subjects
- Public Administration
- Citizen participation
- governance
- innovative technology
- policy making process
- Seoul
- Washington D.C.
- Public administration--Korea (South)--Seoul--Decision making--Citizen participation.
- Public Administration
- Public administration--Washington (D.C.)--Decision making--Citizen participation.
- Public Administration
- Public administration--Technological innovations--Korea (South)--Seoul.
- Public Administration
- Public administration--Technological innovations--Washington (D.C.)
- Public Administration
- Internet in public administration--Korea (South)--Seoul.
- Internet in public administration
- Internet in public administration--Washington (D.C.)
- Internet in public administration
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Note
- thesisPartial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2011
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 145-156)
- Field of study: Public administration
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by So Yoon Chung