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OverviewReconceptualizes the relationship between participatory democracy, technology, and space The Internet has been billed by some proponents as an ""electronic agora"" ushering in a ""new Athenian age of democracy."" That assertion assumes that cyberspace's virtual environment is compatible with democratic practice. But the anonymous sociality that is intrinsic to the Internet seems at odds with theories of democracy that presuppose the possibility, at least, of face-to-face meetings among citizens. The Internet, then, raises provocative questions about democratic participation: Must the public sphere exist as a physical space? Does citizenship require a bodily presence? In Cybering Democracy, Diana Saco boldly reconceptualizes the relationship between democratic participation and spatial realities both actual and virtual. She argues that cyberspace must be viewed as a produced social space, one that fruitfully confounds the ordering conventions of our physical spaces. Within this innovative framework, Saco investigates recent and ongoing debates over cryptography, hacking, privacy, national security, information control, and Internet culture, focusing on how different online practices have shaped this particular social space. In the process, she highlights fundamental issues about the significance of corporeality in the development of civic-mindedness, the exercise of citizenship, and the politics of collective action. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Diana SacoPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Volume: 7.00 Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780816635412ISBN 10: 0816635412 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 31 May 2002 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsTheorizing spaces -- Democratic utopias -- Hardware and software -- Wetware -- Hacking cyberspace.ReviewsAuthor InformationDiana Saco is an independent scholar based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |