Resumen de e-Participation: A Discursive Approach.

Rui Pedro Lourenço, João Paulo Costa

• This chapter analyses some of the distinguishing characteristics of public participation processes, justifying the case for a discursive deliberative approach. It identifies tools� requirements to effectively foster deliberation, presenting a comprehensive evolution of discursive support tools up to the Web 2.0 generation. Integration with tools from several research areas, including decision-analytic approaches is also discussed. Finally, this chapter ends with some considerations about the potential and limitations of the discursive approach and the challenges ahead.