Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy: Volume 15 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Cláudia Toriz Ramos, Lise Rye

EU institutions and ICT: a new challenge in transparency and dialogue with citizens

Isabel Costa Leite

This paper starts by presenting a theoretical framework based on the evolution of this problem through the EU treaties and a literature review. The focus is then turned to the…

Strategic communication of EU CSDP missions – measuring the EU's external legitimacy

Anna Molnár, Lili Takács, Anna Urbanovics

The European Union’s (EU’s) Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has gained increasing attention as the EU faces new threats and challenges from its surroundings. As part of…

Should we stay or should we go: EU input legitimacy under threat? Social media and Brexit

Dina Sebastião, Susana Borges

The purpose of the paper is to reflect on the conditions of referenda as an EU input legitimacy, on the era of social media microtargeting campaigns. Taking the case of Brexit as…

Postal or electronic voting? The analysis of the preferred voting methods in the context of failed electoral reform in Poland

Magdalena Musiał-Karg, Izabela Kapsa

This paper aims to discuss reasons for the failure of the 2020 postal-vote election reform in Poland and examine opinions of Poles on voting methods. The main goal is to answer…

Postal ballot in unconsolidated democracy: Poland's case

Marcin Zaborowski

As the democratic world debates and in some cases replaces physical voting with postal ballots and on-line voting, it is important to refrain from advocating a generic approach to…