Overview
- Examines the use of game elements to encourage citizens to participate in political decision-making and the planning of large-scale public sector projects
- Argues that success in policy making requires not only investment and belief in a project, but also fun
- Engages with a detailed case study, examining the relationship between representative democracy and citizen participation from the perspective of direct democratic instruments in Germany
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- Game elements
- Player types
- competition
- points
- badges
- ancient Rome
- ancient Athens
- Democracy
- Volonté Générale
- Evolution theory
- Olympic Games
- Direct democracy vs representative democracy
- majority decision
- deliberation
- citizen's participation as tokenism
- Arnstein's Ladder
- Deliberation
- (dis)trust in politics
- civic virtues
- utilitarianism
- german politics
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Kai Masser is Senior Researcher at the German Research Institute for Public Administration (GRIP) and a Lecturer at the German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, Germany.
Linda Mory is a Senior Project Consultant at a global IT company and a Lecturer at the German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Gamification of Citizens' Participation in Policymaking
Authors: Kai Masser, Linda Mory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78571-4
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78570-7Published: 26 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78571-4Published: 17 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 140
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Political Communication, Democracy, Electoral Politics, Political Leadership, German Politics