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		<title>Techniques and Technologies for Mobilizing Citizens: Do They Work?</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2017/11/15/techniques-and-technologies-for-mobilizing-citizens-do-they-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 12:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[e-voting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Techniques for mobilizing citizens to vote in elections have become highly sophisticated in large part thanks to get-out-the-vote (GOTV) research, with fascinating experimental evidence from interventions to increase turnout. Until recently, the use of these techniques has been mostly limited &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/11/15/techniques-and-technologies-for-mobilizing-citizens-do-they-work/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Technology and Citizen Engagement: Friend or Foe?</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2014/08/06/technology-and-citizen-engagement-friend-or-foe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centre for the Study of Democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the open government debate, there is growing interest in the role of technology in citizen engagement. However, as interest in the subject grows, so does the superficiality of the conversations that follow. While the number of citizen engagement and &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2014/08/06/technology-and-citizen-engagement-friend-or-foe/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=1014&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>Rethinking Why People Participate</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2013/12/30/rethinking-why-people-participate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[collective action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOTV]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[predictors of participation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a refined understanding of what leads people to participate is one of the main concerns of those working with citizen engagement. But particularly when it comes to participatory democracy, that understanding is only partial and, most often, the clich&#233; &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2013/12/30/rethinking-why-people-participate/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=884&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>The Effect of SMS on Participation: Evidence from Uganda</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2013/11/30/the-effect-of-sms-on-participation-evidence-from-uganda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grossman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RCTs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[representation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been wanting to post about this paper for a while. At the intersection of technology and citizen participation this is probably one of the best studies produced in 2013 and I&#8217;m surprised I haven&#8217;t heard a lot about it &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2013/11/30/the-effect-of-sms-on-participation-evidence-from-uganda/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=872&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>Open Data and Citizen Engagement – Disentangling the Relationship</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2013/11/29/open-data-and-citizen-engagement-disentangling-the-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://democracyspot.net/2013/11/29/open-data-and-citizen-engagement-disentangling-the-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evaluation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is a cross-post from Sunlight Foundation's &#160;series&#160;OpenGov Conversations, an ongoing discourse featuring contributions from transparency and accountability researchers and practitioners around the world.]&#160; As asserted by Jeremy Bentham nearly two centuries ago, &#8220;[I]n the same proportion as it is &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2013/11/29/open-data-and-citizen-engagement-disentangling-the-relationship/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=869&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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