“…2. Literature review 2.1 Contextual factors of the human and social developmental structure of municipalities Electronic participation arises in the context of governance enlargement, referring to the participation of different social individuals, coming from different groups and communities, in a structure that allows changes in the relations between state and society (Braga and Gomes, 2016;Gil-de-Zuñiga et al, 2018;Ohme, 2018;Silva et al, 2019aSilva et al, , 2019b. Prior studies affirm that there are a number of determinants that must precede the citizen's choice of participation in public topics, such as socioeconomic characteristics, digital skills, social networks, online development of public institutions, institutional context and social mobilization (Pinho, 2011;Vicente and Novo, 2014;Sabioni et al, 2016;Siyam et al, 2020).…”