Triangulation in a comprehensive study of electronic participation. Review of the monograph “Electronic Participation: Conceptualization and Practice of Implementation in Russia”

Abstract

In a review of the monograph “Electronic Participation: Conceptualization and Practice of Implementation in Russia”, a comprehensive study of the theory and current projects of electronic participation was conducted using applied examples. The results of several empirical data series on the study of electronic participation projects, smart city and online discussions showed the feasibility of triangulation. The development of a special research methodology is focused on empirical analysis of existing institutions and practices of electronic participation, as well as the search for the most successful ways of using it in Russia.

Keywords

• electronic participation, initiative budgeting, smart city, bibliometric analysis, factor and regression analysis, discourse analysis