Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil

Does online voting mobilize citizens who otherwise would not participate? During the annual participatory budgeting vote in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil -- the world's largest -- Internet voters were asked whether they would have participated had there not been an online vo...

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Main Authors: Spada, Paolo, Mellon, Jonathan, Peixoto, Tiago, Sjoberg, Fredrik M.
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21643