Systems Thinking and E-Participation: ICT in the Governance of Society provides a series of perspectives on how we see the uptake of electronic resources (systems, technologies, websites, open software tools, etc) in civil societies and the State, and how this can be conceptualised with the help of systems thinking, a collection of ideas and concepts to help us select appropriate methods to pursue societal improvements.
– Jose Rodrigo Cordoba-Pachon, University of London, UK
In the book we have strived to provide a comprehensive set of perspectives which show how electronically mediated systems of participation could provide answers or even more questions to current issues. We have coined the term e-participation to account for all these perspectives.
– Alejandro Elias Ochoa-Arias, Nucleo La Hechicera, Venezuela