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*Telematics and the Scottish Parliament: Transferable Democratic Innovations*

A Report Prepared at the Centre for the Study of Telematics and Governance Faculty of Business Glasgow Caledonian University
11th September 1998

		Publisher The Scottish Office

Contents

Executive summary

Recommendations

Introduction
Background to the Report
Objectives of the Research
The Organisation of the Report
Forms of Electronically Enhanced Democratic Innovation
Representative Democracy
Parliamentary Democracy
Pluralist, Associative Democracy
Direct Democracy

PART 1 — Using Parliamentary Websites to Enlarge Democratic Engagement
Introduction
Basic Information about Parliament and Government
Basic Information about People in Parliament and Government
Providing Citizen Services
Providing For Active Citizenship
Supporting Electronic Access
Additional Features

PART 2 - Using Non-Parliamentary Electronic Innovations to Enlarge Democratic Engagement
Introduction
Basic Information about Parliament and Government
Basic Information about People in Parliament and Government
Providing Services to Citizens
Providing for Active Citizenship
Support for Electronic Access

Conclusions: Emergent Lessons from Cyber-Democratic Innovations

Annex 1 Case Studies of Parliamentary Websites

Annex 2 Case Studies of Non-Parliamentary Websites

Annex 3 URLs for Parliamentary Websites and for non-Parliamentary Website

Bibliography

Contact:
Professor JA Taylor,
Dean of Business,
Glasgow Caledonian University,
Glasgow, G4 0BA.
Tel 01413313128
Fax 01413313172
Email: jta@gcal.ac.uk

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