Description: Citizenship is a constantly changing and contested notion
within which three core aspects can be identified: rights, duties and
participation: ï‚· The citizen with rights is the citizen as service
user accessing public services either offline or online through
electronic service delivery. ï‚· The citizen with duties is the citizen
paying taxes or voting in elections, who may be using electronic tools
to do so, for example online voting or online tax returns. ï‚· The
participative citizen is one who actively engages in political life
through a variety of mechanisms including public discussion and
debate. In the context of participation, the administration can learn
from the citizen and vice versa in an environment of mutual
enrichment. This is increasingly being facilitated through online
tools and mechanisms such as online consultations and online
petitions, although there are associated concerns about the extent to
which such activities widen representative participation, or amplify
existing participation.
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http://www.ccegov.eu/Downloads/ThinkPaper6v20Jan2007Final.pdf

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