Promoting Democratic Politics and Governance with Digital Technology
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This academic article aims to analyze democratic politics and governance with digital technology to enable citizens to access political participation in a tangible way by using direct democracy, representative democracy, political participation, and transform government to the digital age as a framework for analysis.
Findings are as follows: Each country may have different forms of democratic governance, including direct democracy, representative democracy, Participatory democracy or other democracy that has been modified in accordance with their country. As a result, democracy around the world is divided into more than 30 subcategories, including Estonian democracy, socialist democracy, Soviet-style democracy, etc. divided into the following analysis: (1) Direct democracy with digital technology is a form of government that allows the people to participate in making decisions about legislation or government policy-making on their own without going through the people's representatives. (2) Representative democracy with digital technology is a form of government in which representatives are elected to perform their duties and make political decisions on behalf of the people. By using digital technology to increase convenience, speed, and save budget. (3) Digital democracy abroad using digital platforms to enhance democracy by promoting public participation. Influenced by the emergence of digital political culture. Emphasis on citizen participation in politics through the platform. Make the interaction with the government convenient, flexible, and transparent, and promote trust in the government. (4) Digital Democracy in Thailand Emphasizing the development of digital government, the importance of an open government data assessment model to increase transparency and public participation in governance. According to the Digital Development Plan for the Economy and Society in Strategy 4, which is the transformation of the public sector into a digital government.
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