Why do nondemocratic regimes promote e-participation? The case of Moscow's active citizen online voting platform

Schlaufer, Caroline (2021). Why do nondemocratic regimes promote e-participation? The case of Moscow's active citizen online voting platform. Governance - an international journal of policy and administration and institutions, 34(3), pp. 821-836. Wiley 10.1111/gove.12531

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Citizen online participation has become an increasingly important feature of policymaking in nondemocratic regimes. This article explores the question of why nondemocratic governments promote e-participation tools. To address this question, this research examines the motives for the introduction of the Active Citizen e-voting platform in Moscow through an in-depth case study drawing on interviews and qualitative document analysis. The case study identifies a variety of objectives pursued by the Moscow city government with the promotion of e-participation and relates them to three legitimation strategies, namely, input-based legitimation, output-based legitimation and discourse-based legitimation. The results underscore how controlled e-participation may combine different legitimation strategies without challenging the distribution of decision-making power.

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