challenges in the field of citizen participation. It is clear that the overall structure and guiding principles and processes of traditional representative democracies offer limited options for active and successful citizen participation. To close the democratic gap in traditional representative structures

-focused descriptive and prescriptive TC processes. Finally, we discuss on the factors contributing to the early adoption of TC technology transition for the translation of successful survivable cognitive engineering strategies to user acceptance not just to break down the barriers of this emerging paradigm

, specifying a fixed percentage of profit for local development, be made part of EIAs. It enjoins that a critical mass of a project's community be empowered to actively participate in the early phases of the EIA process to improve benefits to communities and society at large. Sustainable development could

As this master thesis marks the end of my studies at Delft University of Technology, I would like to use this opportunity and thank everyone who has influenced my two-year journey. Those last two years have not been easy. In fact, it has been the most challenging, stressful, and at the same time- the most inspiring, productive, and exciting journey. Journey, which has completely changed my life and has prepared me for new challenges and opportunities. I owe a very special debt to the ex president of Georgia – Mikheil Saakashvili, for initiating a scholarship program for Georgian students abroad, willing to pursue master’s degree. I would like to thank Mr. Saakashvili for giving me a chance to be one of those students, and for fully sponsoring my studies at TU Delft. I must express special gratitude to my graduation committee for being way more supportive then I could ever imagine. I would like to thank them for all their feedback, support, and encouragement, for being very understanding, and shortly, for making it possible for me to finalize my thesis and to graduate. I would like to acknowledge the selfless help and support of my supervisor – Dr. Huib Aldewereld. His guidance and support encouraged me to be motivated and to keep working on the thesis. I would like to thank him for all his time that he has spent on reading my thesis, on giving me direct comments, and further motivation. I had times when I felt lost in my own thesis, and I was ready to give up, but Dr. Aldewereld always managed to encourage and motivate me. I would like to thank him for arranging meetings (lots of meetings) with me to discuss my progress, whenever I asked for it, despite his very

to the emergence of the Internet and other enhanced digital communication tools. Moreover, this development has facilitated the emergence of social network technology that possesses the potentiality of enabling and empowering ordinary citizens as well as self-selected volunteering experts to participate

evaluation's persistence over time, influence on cognitive processing, resistance to change, and regulation of behavior . Whereas the content of the attitude determines the direction of the impact, the strength of the attitude determines the degree to which the attitude steers people's reactions

to do. A counseling method allows people to be part of the decision making process and allows their views and ideas to be incorporated whilst notifying them of changes which might take place (Zaccaro, 2007:78). A democratic method will ensure participants are involved in decision making via team work

., Indiana University) is a joint doctoral student in Telecommunications and Cognitive Science at Indiana University. Her research interest includes the dynamic interactions between cognitive and emotional processing of mediated messages, audience analysis, and methodological and statistical issues in mass

could say that its fundamental purpose is to ensure that all students benefit from learning in ways that allow them to participate fully in public, community, and economic life. Literacy pedagogy is expected to play a particularly important role in fulfilling this mission. Pedagogy is a teaching

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