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A total of 20 cases are examined in this chapter and chapter 5, illustrat-
ing citizen engagement/participation at a variety of different stages in deci-
sion making (see Fig. 4.2). Table 4.3 shows the distribution of the case
studies by country. This chapter presents 13 of the cases. These have been
divided into two categories (see Table 4.2): those which have a broad pol-
icy-making objective, and those which involve the shaping of technology,
and/or its socio-economic context.
Table 4.2.
Categorisation of Chapter 4 case studies (N = 13)
Citizen Engagement in Policy-Making
Citizen Engagement in shaping ICT
and its socio-economic context
1 Netmums - UK
2 Matacawa Area Coordinating Council
- USA
3 Future Drug Research and Develop-
ment Project - Denmark
4 National Forum on Health - Canada
5 'America Speaks' - USA
6 Madrid Participa - Spain
7 Chicago neighbourhood planning -
USA
8 Bundestag website design - Ger-
many
9 K-Net - Canada
10 Reflect ICTs - Uganda pilot
11 Reflect ICTs - India pilot
12 Nepal Wireless - Nepal
13 Jhai Foundation - Laos
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Areas of influence
Fig. 4.2.
Distribution of cases by stage of citizen influence.
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