Michael Margolis, Gerson Moreno-Riaño

The Prospect of Internet Democracy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The internet opens up new opportunities for citizens, interest groups and political institutions, but will it revolutionize politics? The Prospect of Internet Democracy offers a rich and detailed exploration of the theoretical implications of the internet and related information and communication technologies (ICTs) for democratic theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780754675143
• ISBN-10: 0754675149
• Artikelnr.: 31304980

Autorenporträt

Michael Margolis is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, USA. Gerson Moreno-Riaño is Associate Professor of Goverment at the Regent University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
The internet and the prospect of democracy
Impossible dreams: the radical roots of cyber-democracy
Tempering the dreams: revised theories of cyber-democracy
Democracy, tolerance and the internet
Mass media and internet democracy
The internet and democratic education
Parties, interest groups and the internet's impact on democratic participation
Internet democracy in the 21st century
Bibliography
Index.