Kong, Hoi L; Luka, Nik; Cudmore, Jaimie; Dumas, Andrea --- "Deliberative democracy and digital urban design in a Canadian city: the case of the McGill Online Design Studio" [2017] ELECD 1213; in Prins, Corien; Cuijpers, Colette; Lindseth, L. Peter; Rosina, Mônica (eds), "Digital Democracy in a Globalized World" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 180

Book Title: Digital Democracy in a Globalized World

Editor(s): Prins, Corien; Cuijpers, Colette; Lindseth, L. Peter; Rosina, Mônica

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785363955

Section: Chapter 9

Section Title: Deliberative democracy and digital urban design in a Canadian city: the case of the McGill Online Design Studio

Author(s): Kong, Hoi L; Luka, Nik; Cudmore, Jaimie; Dumas, Andrea

Number of pages: 21

Abstract/Description:

This chapter focuses on a specific research project on digital democracy. The McGill Online Design Studio (MODS) deployed a mix of live and online consultation processes, targeted a sustainable land use development project in Montreal, and aimed to increase opportunities for meaningful citizen deliberation about urban design. The experience from MODS (1) reveals that non-state actors can generate institutions that serve rule of law functions but are autonomous from the state and are not in a hierarchical relationship with it and (2) demonstrates that particular attention must be paid to how online forums are designed, in order to ensure that they encourage effective deliberation.