Abstract
Electronic democracy and its features are slowly starting to be adopted in various countries and organisations across the world, as its practical advantages are gradually being recognised and concerns about security are being dealt with. Meanwhile, social enterprises are rising as a strong alternative against the purely private economy, and for this type of enterprises, democracy is in the core of their governance process. However, the links between these two topics remain unexplored. The current research investigated the use of e-democracy applications by Greek social enterprises, as well as the opinions of their members regarding the value of e-democracy. The results show relatively small adoption rate, but wide interest in merging e-democracy procedures in their daily activities.
Highlights
Our era is characterized by widespread desire to improve political systems for the purpose of the common good
The researchers recorded a large number of electronic applications and platforms that can be used for electronic democracy purposes
The replies show a high willingness to use e-democracy applications by a large percentage of social enterprises’ (SE), with a cumulative percentage of high and very high willingness of 68,75%
Summary
Our era is characterized by widespread desire to improve political systems for the purpose of the common good. The results of the Eurobarometer are revealing: on 2018, only 41% of Europeans trusted the European Union, while 48% did not (11% expressed no opinion). Trust levels of European institutions were low: the European Commission was distrusted by 58% of Europeans; the European Central Bank was distrusted by 61% and the European Parliament by 55%. Satisfaction with the way national democratic systems operate, was very low : only 56% of Europeans were satisfied with the way democracy worked in their country, while 42% were dissatisfied (2% expressed no opinion). The country with the highest dissatisfaction rate at national level was Greece with 77%, followed by Croatia with 72%, Lithuania and Romania with 64% and Italy with 61%
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