Abstract
Citizen engagement is seen as a way to address a range of societal challenges, fiscal constraints, as well as wicked problems, and increasing public participation in political decisions could help to address low levels of trust in politicians and decreasing satisfaction with political parties. This paper examines the perceived impacts of an experiment by the Austrian People’s Party which, in response to reaching a historic low in the polls, opened up its manifesto process to public participation via digital technology. Analysis of survey data from participants found that self-efficacy is positively associated with participation intensity but negatively related to satisfaction. In contrast, collective efficacy is related to positive perceptions of public participation in party politics but does not influence levels of individual participation. Future research is needed to explore the outcomes of political innovations that use digital technologies …
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 391-413 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Policy and Politics |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2019 |
Fields of science
- 303016 Hospital management
- 502 Economics
- 502009 Corporate finance
- 502011 Cooperative systems
- 502023 NPO research
- 502033 Accounting
- 502052 Business administration
- 505027 Administrative studies
- 502024 Public economy
- 502031 Public management
JKU Focus areas
- Digital Transformation
- Sustainable Development: Responsible Technologies and Management
