CIVIL SOCIETY: Futures of Citizenship and Democracy through Digital Perspective

In pursuing my research of a frame to ease all stakeholders participation in decision-making on the future of their cities, I present in this article the contemporary tendencies in Citizenship and Democracy and the last emerging trends in their foresight. A logical continuation of my previous writing “CIVIL SOCIETY: Evolutions of Citizenship and Democracy along history”.

To mention this article: “CIVIL SOCIETY: The futures of Citizenship and Democracy through Digital Perspective” Julien Carbonnell, 2019, medium.com.

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Introduction :

As said in “SMART-CITY: Key Success Factors”, stakeholder engagement appears, in nowadays democracy context, to be the first priority goal to succeed urban projects. Increasing implication of citizens in making non-public regulations, brings at least two questions: how to manage a collective decision-taking process where each stakeholder represent its own interests? What do stakeholders implication says on political system in contemporary democracies? A proposition of answer have been presented in “SMART-CITY: Stakeholders roles and needs”.

In the research of a political frame to facilitate collaborative and bottom-up processes in urban planning, I have first had a research on the history of…