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Politics Archives - Pollicy https://archive.pollicy.org/category/politics/ Re-designing Government for Citizens Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:54:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://archive.pollicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-pollicy-high-res-logo-01-32x32.png Politics Archives - Pollicy https://archive.pollicy.org/category/politics/ 32 32 Citizen Experiences: How to Improve the Usability of Government Websites https://archive.pollicy.org/2020/01/citizen-experiences-how-to-improve-the-usability-of-government-websites/ https://archive.pollicy.org/2020/01/citizen-experiences-how-to-improve-the-usability-of-government-websites/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2020 08:18:51 +0000 https://archive.pollicy.org/?p=960 “A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it,” says Alexis de Tocqueville, a famous French diplomat. But de Tocqueville also believed the more people participate in a democracy, the more democratic it becomes. So how can governments increase participation so as to [...]

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]]> https://archive.pollicy.org/2020/01/citizen-experiences-how-to-improve-the-usability-of-government-websites/feed/ 0 How can Technology increase Political Participation? https://archive.pollicy.org/2017/07/how-can-technology-increase-political-participation/ https://archive.pollicy.org/2017/07/how-can-technology-increase-political-participation/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:34:44 +0000 http://pollicy.org/?p=658 Globally, both voter turnout and trust in governments have been plummeting. Many citizens have come to dislike politicians or feel disenfranchised by the entire system. In between elections, there aren’t many opportunities for ordinary people to influence the issues that affect them. But, in tech lies some hope. On February 18th 2016, Uganda held general [...]

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]]> https://archive.pollicy.org/2017/07/how-can-technology-increase-political-participation/feed/ 0 Is our Government embracing Civic Technology enough? https://archive.pollicy.org/2017/06/is-our-government-embracing-civic-technology-enough/ https://archive.pollicy.org/2017/06/is-our-government-embracing-civic-technology-enough/#respond Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:26:32 +0000 http://pollicy.org/?p=653 The citizenry of Uganda doesn’t really ask for much. But perhaps, we could ask for a small step towards better services in our communities, by the leaders we have chosen. Just to keep us optimistic. Civic engagement can take many forms, from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. Here, in Uganda, individual and [...]

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]]> https://archive.pollicy.org/2017/06/is-our-government-embracing-civic-technology-enough/feed/ 0 Does Size Matter for Uganda’s Youth in Politics? https://archive.pollicy.org/2017/02/does-size-matter-for-ugandas-youth-in-politics/ https://archive.pollicy.org/2017/02/does-size-matter-for-ugandas-youth-in-politics/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:22:59 +0000 http://pollicy.org/?p=648 Over the past year in Uganda, there have been a number of conversations about the growing youth demographic and its implications for the country. Uganda is one of the youngest countries in the world and the Uganda Bureau of Statistics estimates that 56.1 percent of Ugandans are under 18 years. We hear about how Uganda [...]

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