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Evidence shows that cognitive factors affect the implementation
of e-Democracy practices. The cognitive pillar can be observed in
the existence of a common sense on the benefits of creating a web
portal for organized public participation in view of the legitimate
experience of other successful web portals. The influence of web
portals from other countries, for instance, the USA, was thus
identified as a positive model to be followed and adapted to
different demands.
6. CONCLUDING REMARKS
Considering the present situation of web collaboration, e-
Democracy practices tend to be a requirement for new forms of
government in order to meet the demands of contemporary
society. Collaboration in e-Democracy digital environments can
be seen as a gain not only for the population, which looks for
ways of effective participation, but also for governments that
expect to achieve legitimacy and recognition in the web.
This paper reports a research in progress and, therefore, it is not
meant to present an analysis of the case. It has been possible,
however, to establish directives for further reflections on the
matter. The first directive refers to the peculiarity of this case
study, in special to its structuring (being inside the Governor's
Cabinet), which being examined in the light of Institutional
Theory, can shed light into important questions. A second aspect
to be explored concerns the limitations of national and
international cases of collaboration in government virtual
environments and the effective participation of citizen in public
decision-making. Limited experiences entail a specific and
peculiar outlining to cultural, social, and political conditions.
Once again Institutional Theory can be proved useful as a
guideline to analysis. In the analysis of the only interview that
has been carried out so far, it is possible to identify some
influence of mimetic pressures in the implementation of e-
Democracy practices which will be corroborated in a further stage
of this research.
7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Our thanks to CNPq and FAPERGS for partial support for this
research. The authors also want to thank CAPES for the financial
support given to take part in ICEGOV 2012.
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