[PDF] The Prospect Of Internet Democracy eBook

Author : Michael Margolis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317018818

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The internet opens up new opportunities for citizens to organize and mobilize for action but it also provides new channels that established political, social and economic interests can use to extend their powers. Will the internet revolutionize politics? The Prospect of Internet Democracy is a rich and detailed exploration of the theoretical implications of the internet and related information and communication technologies (ICTs) for democratic theory. Focusing in particular on how political uses of the internet have affected or seem likely to affect patterns of influence among citizens, interest groups and political institutions, the authors examine whether the internet's impact on democratic politics is destined to repeat the history of other innovative ICTs. The volume explores the likely long-term effects of such uses on the conduct of politics in the USA and other nations that declare themselves modern democracies and assesses the extent to which they help or hinder viable democratic governance.

Author : Peter M. Shane
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 25,69 MB
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1135934177

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Taking a multidisciplinary approach that they identify as a "cyber-realist research agenda," the contributors to this volume examine the prospects for electronic democracy in terms of its form and practice--while avoiding the pitfall of treating the benefits of electronic democracy as being self-evident. The debates question what electronic democracy needs to accomplish in order to revitalize democracy and what the current state of electronic democracy can teach us about the challenges and opportunities for implementing democratic technology initiatives.

Author : Michael Margolis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 38,90 MB
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317018826

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The internet opens up new opportunities for citizens to organize and mobilize for action but it also provides new channels that established political, social and economic interests can use to extend their powers. Will the internet revolutionize politics? The Prospect of Internet Democracy is a rich and detailed exploration of the theoretical implications of the internet and related information and communication technologies (ICTs) for democratic theory. Focusing in particular on how political uses of the internet have affected or seem likely to affect patterns of influence among citizens, interest groups and political institutions, the authors examine whether the internet's impact on democratic politics is destined to repeat the history of other innovative ICTs. The volume explores the likely long-term effects of such uses on the conduct of politics in the USA and other nations that declare themselves modern democracies and assesses the extent to which they help or hinder viable democratic governance.

Author : Peter Ferdinand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 28,5 MB
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1136332596

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The Internet is transforming relations between states and citizens. This study gives examples of how it is creating new political communities at various levels, both in democracies and authoritarian regimes. It is also used by marginalized anti-democratic groups such as neo-Nazis.

Author : Nathaniel Persily
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108835554

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A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.

Author : Bernard Grofman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 36,28 MB
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3319043528

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This volume provides an important update to our current understanding of politics and the internet in a variety of new contexts, both geographically and institutionally. The subject of e-democracy has morphed over the years from speculative and optimistic accounts of a future heightened direct citizen involvement in political decision-making and an increasingly withered state apparatus, to more prosaic investigations of party and governmental website content and micro level analyses of voters’ online activities. Rather than levelling the communications and participation playing field, most studies concluded that existing patterns of bias and power distribution were being repeated online, with the one exception of a genuine change in the potential for protest and e-activism. Across all of these accounts, the question remains whether the internet is a levelling communication tool that elevates the profile of marginalised players in the political system, or whether it is a medium that simply reinforces existing power and participatory biases. While employing case studies from various global perspectives, this book investigates the role of digital media and competitive advantage, campaigns and the effect of social media, online communication as way of fomenting nonviolent revolutions and the undeniable and important role of the internet on democracy around the world.

Author : Tatu Vanhanen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 35,53 MB
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1134762275

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Vanhanen provides the most extensive comparative survey of the state and conditions of democracy ever made, with historical data and explanatory variables extending back to the 1850s, and with forecasts covering seven regions of the world.

Author : Jan van Dijk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 33,3 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Communication in politics
ISBN : 9780815363026

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Network properties and democracy -- Political participation and inclusion -- The reconstruction of public space in democracy -- Digital media and networking opportunities for depolarizing political discourse co-authored / by Ben Mollov, Bar-Ilan University, Israel -- From Arab spring to winter -- Making sense of China and digital democracy -- E-government and democracy

Author : Anthony G. Wilhelm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 13,58 MB
Release : 2002-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1135960771

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First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Uta Kohl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108155960

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This collection investigates the sharpening conflict between the nation state and the internet through a multidisciplinary lens. It challenges the idea of an inherently global internet by examining its increasing territorial fragmentation and, conversely, the notion that for states online law and order is business as usual. Cyberborders based on national law are not just erected around China's online community. Cultural, political and economic forces, as reflected in national or regional norms, have also incentivised virtual borders in the West. The nation state is asserting itself. Yet, there are also signs of the receding role of the state in favour of corporations wielding influence through de-facto control over content and technology. This volume contributes to the online governance debate by joining ideas from law, politics and human geography to explore internet jurisdiction and its overlap with topics such as freedom of expression, free trade, democracy, identity and cartographic maps.