“…Parliaments that try to develop (digital) public engagement activities seek outside information because they are unsure how to achieve this. Given that in most cases these activities are supported by digital technologies, that is, complex sociotechnical systems that are not stable over time and thus require constant learning, adaption, and technical skills (Torre et al, 2016), parliaments turn to other parliaments to overcome their uncertainty, lack of experience, and limited capacity and technical skills. An alternative explanation proposes that parliaments may imitate what peer parliaments do simply because they are peers or imitate what apparently successful parliaments do simply because they are high-status countries that are thought to know best (Meseguer, 2005).…”