NDLI: The Effect of SMS Service on the Political Participation of Person with Disabilities (PWDs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)

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The Effect of SMS Service on the Political Participation of Person with Disabilities (PWDs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid Ali, Hussain Raza, Hassan
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Persons with disabilities have been remained socially excluded in developing societies. The situation is not quite different in Pakistan, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (The Province of Pakistan) as there is no special arrangement for civic participation especially in elections. The following study is pioneering effort in order to understand their level of participation in political process. In addition to this, this study also explores the role of SMS service in enhancing political participation of persons with disabilities. The study was conducted in four districts, Mardan, Swat, Swabi and Malakand. Four hundred and three persons with disabilities were surveyed during this base line study. Findings showed majority of the persons with disabilities did not cast their vote in 2008 general elections due to unavailability of the special arrangements for the disabled persons. For 2013 general elections, the greater proportion of persons with disabilities intended to cast their vote because most of the respondents know about the newly launched short messaging services (SMS) of the Election Commission of Pakistan and most of the respondents checked about registration number and location of the polling station by sending the SMS to 8300. The study confirms a positive association between knowledge about SMS service and voting attitude of person with disabilities, indicating that technology can be utilized in enhancing political participation of person with disabilities.
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Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj25(5)13/19.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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