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<journal-id>2184-2078</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Political Observer - Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Política]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[PO-RPCP]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2184-2078</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[OBSERVATÓRIO POLÍTICO ]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2184-20782021000200069</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.33167/2184-2078.rpcp2021.16/pp.69-96</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Tracing the factors of the emergence of digital democracy in the Palestinian Territories]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Traçando os fatores do surgimento da democracia digital nos Territórios Palestinos]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Almassry]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hazem]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Amel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eid]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Institute  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Institute  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<fpage>69</fpage>
<lpage>96</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2184-20782021000200069&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2184-20782021000200069&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2184-20782021000200069&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper seeks to demonstrate the concept of digital democracy and its ability to form attitudes and trends in public opinion and it also deals with the opportunities available for digital democracy to activate participatory democracy in the Palestinian territories and it also sheds light on the reality and challenges of digital democracy there. The study uses both the analytical descriptive and the historical approaches. The study concludes that Palestinian citizens lost their confidence in their appointed representatives due to the lack of practical mechanisms that stimulate the processes of participation. Because of that, the media and communication technology tools in Palestine have transformed among the citizens into a space for the exchange of ideas and information, as well as a space for dialogue and debate, and for raising issues of wide popular interest, far from the formal and traditional frameworks.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo Este artigo procura demonstrar o conceito de democracia digital e a sua capacidade para formar atitudes e tendências na opinião pública, lidando com as oportunidades disponíveis para a democracia digital ativar a democracia participativa nos territórios Palestinos, demonstrando também a realidade dos desafios da democracia digital na região. O presente estudo utiliza tanto descrição analítica como abordagens teóricas. O estudo conclui que os cidadãos Palestinos perderam confiança nos seus representantes nomeados, devido à falta de mecanismos práticos que estimulem os processos de participação. Devido a isto, os meios de comunicação social e as ferramentas tecnológicas de comunicação na Palestina transformaram-se, entre os cidadãos, num espaço para a troca de ideias e informação, assim como um espaço para diálogo e debate, e para levantar questões de vasto interesse popular, longe das estruturas formais e tradicionais.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Digital Democracy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Information and Communication Technologies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Palestinian Territories]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Participatory Democracy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Democracia Digital]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Territórios Palestinos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Democracia Participativa]]></kwd>
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