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Digital participation – cooperation between the cantons is needed

Digital participation – cooperation between the cantons is needed

On a scale of 0 to 100, the DigiPart-Index measures the extent to which it is possible to participate digitally in political processes in Switzerland’s cantons. In the third survey year, the average score across all cantons remains relatively low.

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Digital Political Participation in Seven Countries: Case Studies on Digital Political Participation in Austria, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and Switzerland

Digital Political Participation in Seven Countries: Case Studies on Digital Political Participation in Austria, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and Switzerland

This short paper presents seven short case studies on digital political participation in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Canada and Japan. Digital political participation is measured with the DigiPartIndex (DPI). In the analysed countries we find different levels of digital political participation with DPI-scores ranging between 33 and 65 points.

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The midfield is catching up

The midfield is catching up

The DigiPart Index (DPI) records the extent to which it is possible to participate digitally in political processes in Switzerland’s cantons on a scale of 0 to 100. In the second year of this survey, the average score across all cantons is still relatively low, but rose from 31 to 33 points.

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Considerable differences between the cantons

Considerable differences between the cantons

The first edition of the Index of Digital Political Participation in Switzerland (DigiPartIndex) records the extent to which it is possible to participate digitally in the political process in Swiss cantons on a scale of 0 to 100.

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