DEMOCRACY IN THE NETWORK SOCIETY: CITIZENSHIP AND POPULAR PARTICIPATION IN THE SMART CITIES CONTEXT

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12662/2447-6641oj.v20i35.p1-20.2022

Keywords:

smart cities, participatory democracy, network society, internet of things

Abstract

Objective: This research aimed to investigate, in the light of theories of democracy, the new possibilities for exercising citizenship and strengthening democracy in the Network Society, as well as popular participation in political decisions in the context of smart cities.

Methodology: The work adopted the inductive method, based on a literature review and observation of the phenomena.

Results: It was possible to conclude that executing smart city projects does not only mean adhering to information and communication technologies, but also facilitating the connection and involvement of government and citizens, with the intention of co-creating and rebuilding urban communities.

Contributions: Focusing on citizens and not simply on technologies, it is possible that ICTs and new technologies, including the IoT, improve the exercise of citizenship in current societies and, in particular, in smart cities.

Author Biographies

Jefferson Aparecido Dias, UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília)

Doutor em Direitos Humanos e Desenvolvimento pela Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilha (Espanha). Professor do Doutorado, do Mestrado e da Graduação em Direito da UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília)

Diego Bianchi de Oliveira, UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília)

Doutorando em Direito na UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília). Mestre em Direito Processual e Cidadania pela Universidade Paranaense - UNIPAR (2016). Especialista em Direito Imobiliário pela Universidade Cândido Mendes - UCAM (2014). Graduado em Direito pela Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul - UEMS (2013) e em Administração pela Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp (2009). Professor dos cursos de Direito e Administração. Advogado

Walkiria Martinez Heinrich Ferrer, UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília)

Mestre e Doutora em Educação pela UNESP-Marília (Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho). Professora do Doutorado, do Mestrado e da Graduação em Direito da UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília)

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2022-07-12

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DIAS, Jefferson Aparecido; OLIVEIRA, Diego Bianchi de; FERRER, Walkiria Martinez Heinrich. DEMOCRACY IN THE NETWORK SOCIETY: CITIZENSHIP AND POPULAR PARTICIPATION IN THE SMART CITIES CONTEXT. Revista Opinião Jurídica (Fortaleza), Fortaleza, v. 20, n. 35, p. 1–20, 2022. DOI: 10.12662/2447-6641oj.v20i35.p1-20.2022. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/opiniaojuridica/article/view/4060. Acesso em: 30 may. 2026.

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Vol. 20 No. 35 (2022)

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