Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation. (2010)
Book Chapter
Cruickshank, P., Edelmann, N., & Smith, C. F. (2010). Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation. In J.-L. Chappellet, O. Glassey, M. Janssen, A. Macintosh, J. Scholl, E. Tambouris, & M. Wimmer (Eds.), Electronic Government and Electronic Participation (275-282). Trauner

As one form of online political participation, the e-petitioning is seen as a response to a perceived decline in public trust of political institutions and the associated symptoms of political disengagement. This paper uses the psychological concept... Read More about Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation..

Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., & Smith, C. F. (2009, September). Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions

E-petitions are seen as one response to a perceived decline in public trust of political institutions and the associated symptoms of disengagement. In this paper, some current research into epetitioning in Europe is reviewed, and the need to understa... Read More about Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions..

Coalfields and their neighbouring cities; economic regeneration, labour markets and governance. (2007)
Report
Gore, T., Fothergill, S., Hollywood, E., Lindsay, C., Morgan, K., Powell, R., & Upton, S. (2007). Coalfields and their neighbouring cities; economic regeneration, labour markets and governance

This study assesses how far the regeneration of coalfield areas relies upon their links with neighbouring cities. It draws on national statistical analysis of labour market adjustment in the British coalfields, and case studies in three contrasting a... Read More about Coalfields and their neighbouring cities; economic regeneration, labour markets and governance..

An intelligent front-end for government websites. (2006)
Book Chapter
Cruickshank, P., & Macintosh, A. (2006). An intelligent front-end for government websites. In P. Cunningham, & M. Cunningham (Eds.), Exploiting the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications and Case Studies (427-434). IOS press

The HANDS question-answering and direction application, consisting of Answer Tree and Address Guesser modules is described in relation to the EDEN project from which it is derived. The use of an Open Source (OSS) model for application development and... Read More about An intelligent front-end for government websites..

Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masters, Z., Masters, Z., Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2004, August). Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation. Presented at Electronic government : third international conference, EGOV 2004, Zaragoza, Spain

Research originally suggested that new technologies, particularly the Internet, provided a useful mechanism for engaging young people - an otherwise largely disenfranchised group. Subsequent to the evaluation of a number of pioneering projects in thi... Read More about Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation.

A social shaping perspective on an e-Governmental system(ic) failure. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2004, August). A social shaping perspective on an e-Governmental system(ic) failure

The paper that follows is concerned with the communities of interest (or actor networks) and communities of practice that articulate the delivery of e-government services, and with the discourse formations that shape the delivery of e-government serv... Read More about A social shaping perspective on an e-Governmental system(ic) failure..

Are new deal employment initiatives on target?: Evidence from job search success in local labour markets (2004)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., Greig, M., & Adams, J. (2004). Are new deal employment initiatives on target?: Evidence from job search success in local labour markets. International Journal of Manpower, 25(5), 392-410. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720410554124

This paper tests the appropriateness of government employment policies in targeting specific groups of unemployed job seekers in the UK. A sample of 169 job seekers is divided into those who were successful and unsuccessful in finding employment and... Read More about Are new deal employment initiatives on target?: Evidence from job search success in local labour markets.

The local and regional dimension of the European Employment Strategy in the United Kingdom. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lindsay, C. (2003, October). The local and regional dimension of the European Employment Strategy in the United Kingdom. Presented at European Trade Union Institute and Computense University of Madrid Seminar on The Local and Regional Dimension of the European Employment Strategy

Wired for work? ICT and job seeking in rural areas. (2003)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C., & Greig, M. (2003). Wired for work? ICT and job seeking in rural areas

Rural areas are, by definition, affected by their relative peripherality from industrial and population centres, and their dispersed patterns of economic and social activity. The geographical remoteness of many rural communities limits the
availabil... Read More about Wired for work? ICT and job seeking in rural areas..

Political parties and democracy in the information age. (2003)
Book Chapter
Löfgren, K., & Smith, C. F. (2003). Political parties and democracy in the information age. In R. Gibson, P. Nixon, & S. Ward (Eds.), Political Parties and the Internet: Net Gain? (39-52). Routledge

Technology to support participatory democracy. (2002)
Book Chapter
Macintosh, A., Davenport, E., Malina, A., & Whyte, A. (2002). Technology to support participatory democracy. In Å. Grönlund (Ed.), Electronic Government: design, applications and management (226-248). Idea Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-930708-19-8.ch011

This chapter focuses on the development, application and impact of information and communication technology on civic representation and participation in the democratic process. Governments, at local and national levels, need to restore public confide... Read More about Technology to support participatory democracy..

Managing parliaments in the 21st Century. (2001)
Book
(2001). P. Falconer, C. F. Smith, & W. Webster (Eds.), Managing parliaments in the 21st Century. IOS Press

This book reports on the endeavour, undertaken by EGPA, to make the discipline of public administration fruitful for the management of parliaments. The theme was deemed appropriate, not only because Scotland, the host country, once again after almost... Read More about Managing parliaments in the 21st Century..

Political parties and democracy: theorising the relationships. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Löfgren, K., & Smith, C. F. (2001, September). Political parties and democracy: theorising the relationships. Paper presented at European Group of Public Administration Annual Conference; meeting of the Permanent Study Group on Informatization in Public Administration

British political parties: continuity and change in the information age. (2000)
Book Chapter
Smith, C. F. (2000). British political parties: continuity and change in the information age. In I. Horrocks, J. Hoff, & P. Tops (Eds.), Democratic Governance and New Technology: Technologically Mediated Innovations in Political Practice in Western Europe (72-87). Routledge

Cyberpolitics and the future of democratic communications. (1998)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (1998). Cyberpolitics and the future of democratic communications. In Information for Scotland. Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland

Political parties in the information age: from 'mass party' to leadership organization? (1998)
Book Chapter
Smith, C. F. (1998). Political parties in the information age: from 'mass party' to leadership organization?. In I. Snellen, & W. Donk (Eds.), Public Administration in an Information Age, A Handbook (175-190). IOS Press

In providing an overview of British political parties on the threshold of the 'information age', this chapter argues that any thorough analysis is incomplete without addressing their use of new information and communications technologies (ICTs). The... Read More about Political parties in the information age: from 'mass party' to leadership organization?.

British political parties online: consumerist democracy? (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, C. F. (1997, September). British political parties online: consumerist democracy?. Paper presented at XIth meeting of the Permanent Study Group on Informatization in Public Administration, European Group of Public Administration Annual Conference