User Participation and Democracy: A Discussion of Scandinavian Research on System Development
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Scandinavian research projects in system development have traditionally put a strong emphasis on user participation as a strategy for increasing working life democracy. The article analyses a few of these projects with respect to this goal. We argue that there has been a development from politics to ethics in system development research, and that the political dimension should be reintroduced.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Scandinavian J. Inf. Systems
دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995