Governo eletrônico e participação política nos websites dos deputados da assembléia legislativa do estado da Bahia

Abstract

Information technology and communication, with the Internet, enhance a space for political deliberation and discussion, getting citizens and governments closer through interactive resources such as e-mails, forums, on-line ombudsmen, chats and others. There is, thus, the increased effort and investment from governments and political representatives to organize, manage and provide public interest information on the web, constituting the Electronic Government. Thus, the aim of this article was to investigate the conditions for political participation by citizens concerning the interactive tools on the members’ websites of the State of Bahia. With a descriptive nature, this study sought to identify only those sites registered by members of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Bahia - ALBA. In data’s tabulation, the fourth level of the form Levels of Citizen Participation: The School Review, proposed by Marques (2007), was adapted to a spreadsheet program in Office Excel. To discuss these issues, the qualitative and quantitative analysis was used. Partial results of this master’s research in development at the Graduate Program on Information Science at the Federal University of Bahia - PPGCI / UFBA, infer the incipient state of the members’ websites of the State of Bahia as to the opportunities for political participation in network, not following the principles that rule the electronic government.