Suchergebnisse

International audience ; Civic hacking movement, born at the times of Obama campaign, promotes trust in programming code as a new tool able to solve a large variety of public problems usually delegated to public services or dedicated private institutions. Based on a four-year STS-inspired ethnography of "civic hackathons" in France and Russia, the paper aims to draw a profile of a "civic hacker" and grasp the transformations of civic participation brought by this phenomenon. Beyond technoscepticism and solutionism, the author suggests to follow the actors in their work of "putting problems into code" and proposes a pragmatist approach to civic hacking. While recent studies have been critical of civic hacking as part of the broader neoliberal transformations of labor, the author argues that, in the context of distrust towards traditional political institutions and repertoires of contention, civic hacking can assist construction of public problems, and can also mean "hacking the civics".

"Civic Engagement" published on by Oxford University Press.

Politische Grundhaltungen, politische Kultur und politische
Sozialisation der Bevölkerung im Vereinigten Königreich, in der BRD, in
Italien, in Mexiko und in den USA.

Themen: 1.) Politisches Verhalten: politisches Interesse und politische
Informiertheit; politische Gespräche und politische Partizipation;
politische Entfremdung; wichtigste politische Probleme des Landes;
Einschätzung der Wirkung von Gesetzen und der Mitwirkungsmöglichkeiten
des Bürgers an politischen Entscheidungen; erwartetes politisches
Engagement des einzelnen; eigene Beteiligung an und Beeinflussung von
lokalen und nationalen politischen Entscheidungsprozessen; Beurteilung
des politischen Einflusses einzelner Interessengruppen im Staat;
Bewertung der Pflichten des Staatsbürgers gegenüber seinem Land;
Einschätzung der Wirkungen von Petitionen und Beschwerden; Zufriedenheit
mit dem Regierungssystem; empfundener Nationalstolz; Beurteilung der
erfahrenen Behandlung bei Behördenkontakten; Wahlverhalten bei früheren
Wahlen auf nationaler und lokaler Ebene; Entscheidungsschwierigkeiten
vor Wahlen; Einstellung zu Wahlkämpfen; Image der wichtigsten Parteien;
Parteipräferenz; Parteimitgliedschaft; Religiosität.

2.) Sozialisation: Verteilung der Entscheidungsbefugnisse in der
Familie; Sanktionsverhalten der Eltern in der Familie und der Lehrer in
der Schule; Beurteilung des eigenen Einflusses auf die Familie vor dem
16. Lebensjahr; Einstellung zu einem Mitspracherecht der Kinder in der
Familie; Beurteilung der erfahrenen politischen Erziehung in der Schule;
eigenes Interesse und Interesse der Lehrer an Politik.

Skala: Demokratische Einstellung.

Demographie: Geburtsort; regionale Herkunft; Familienstand; Anzahl der
Kinder; Mediennutzung; politische Diskussion; Parteimitgliedschaft;
Parteineigung; Schulbildung; Berufstätigkeit; Beruf; berufliche
Position; Mitgliedschaft; Konfession; Religiosität; Alter (klassiert);
Einkommen; Geschlecht.

Interviewerrating: Ort des Interviews; Ortsgröße; Region; Rasse;
Schichtzugehörigkeit des Befragten; Haltung des Befragten zum Interview.

AbstractAt all levels, governments around the world are moving toward the provision of open data, that is, the direct provision to citizens, the private sector, and other third parties, of raw government datasets, controlled by a relatively permissible license. In tandem with this distribution of open data is the promotion of civic hackathons, or "app contests" by government. The civic hackathon is designed to offer prize money to developers as a way to spur innovative use of open data, more specifically the creation of commercial software applications that deliver services to citizens. Within this context, we propose that the civic hackathon has the potential to act in multiple ways, possibly as a backdoor to the traditional government procurement process, and as a form of civic engagement. We move beyond much of the hype of civic hackathons, critically framing an approach to understanding civic hackathons through these two lenses. Key questions for future research emphasize the emerging, and important, nature of this research path.

Prepared for the City of Guelph, this report reviews educational strategies used by municipalities and community-based organizations to further citizen understanding about civic processes and engagement opportunities.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Civic Engagement as a Component of Civic Wisdoms in Public Life -- Abstract -- I. An Introduction of Context -- II. Civic Engagement as a Driving Force of Civic Wisdom -- III. As a Closure: The Logic of Civic Engagement in the Process of Civic Wisdom -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Civic Engagement in Higher Education: A Case for Developing Campus-Community Partnerships -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Civic Engagement in Higher Education -- Best Practices in Developing Campus-Community Partnerships -- TCNJ and Millhill Partnership -- Critical Features of the Partnership -- Development of the Partnership -- Addressing Challenges in the Partnership -- Conclusion -- References -- Biographical Sketch -- Chapter 3 -- Civic Engagement and Higher Education: The 2014 Elections and the Political Behavior of Brazilians -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Political Behavior and Education -- Education and Other Variables -- Education and Socioeconomic Variables -- Education, Interest and Information -- Education, Participation in Elections and Other Political Activities7 -- Evaluation and Satisfaction with Democracy -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Biographical Sketches -- Chapter 4 -- Civic Engagement and Wellbeing in Singapore: The Impact of Generalized Trust, Personal Values, and Religiosity -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Research Context -- 2. Theoretical Overview -- 2.1. Civic Engagement -- 2.2. Factors Affecting Civic Engagement -- 2.2.1. Personal Values -- 2.2.2. Generalized Trust -- 2.2.3. Religiosity -- 2.3. Civic Engagement and Wellbeing -- 3. Research Methodology -- 3.1. Data -- 3.2. Measures -- 3.2.1. Civic Engagement -- 3.2.2. Personal Values -- 3.2.3. Generalized Trust -- 3.2.4. Religiosity -- 3.2.5. Happiness -- 3.2.6. Life Satisfaction -- 3.2.7. Demographics -- 4. Results

Asserting that politics has the capacity to shift negative societal directions & revive democracy, it is contended that civic populism is required to merge everyday politics with electoral politics to foster that improvement. Civic populism calls for citizen participation & the blending of interest group bargaining with broader civic ideals, which requires work, a concept absent from theories of participatory democracy. Flaws in communitarian & liberal theories are laid out before presenting an alternative to underpin US civic life in civic populism. Civic populism embodies a conception of everyday politics, ie, the interaction of citizens with basically equal, horizontal relationships with each other across settings; this results in alliances of diverse citizen groups that organize based on a philosophical orientation to politics rooted in democratic & religious values. Attention turns to public work as a theme of civic populism. Public work is viewed as the sustained effort by a blend of citizens to create material or cultural goods of lasting civic value. It also sheds light on the democratic potential of knowledge power. It is concluded that civic populism stresses the productive & distributive aspects of politics as key resources for citizen empowerment. 37 References. J. Zendejas