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"This text examines the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their consequences for political institutions, and assesses critically the concept of an emergent electronic democracy. The first section discusses the concepts and issues of ""Electronic Democracy"" with chapters on democracy and cyberspace, local democracy, global control and interactive ICTs. In the second section, entitled ICTs and the state, the chapters examine the impacts and implications of televising the British ""House of Commons"", the effects of ICTs on political parties, and closed circuit television. The final section discusses ICTs and the citizen with chapters covering democracies online, strengthening communities in the information age and the community network. This book provides a source for those studying social policy, politics and sociology as well as for policy analysts, social scientists and computer scientists."

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Author:   Barry N. Hague ,  Brian D Loader
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415197380

ISBN 10:   0415197384
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   24 June 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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The collection should be of interest to academics, policymakers, and the NGO groups (environmental, health, and women's) interested in exploring the many facets of electronic democracy. . . its lists of extensive on-line resources, allows it to serve well as a supplementary text for diverse courses on the social and policy implication of ICTs. --Leslie Regan Shade, Univ. of Ottawa for Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol. 24, 1999. <br>

'Barry Hague's and Brian Loader's volume on digital democracy is an excellent exercise in revisiting democratic practice in view of a new 'network' society. - Lisa Tsaliki, The European Journal of Communication Research

The collection should be of interest to academics, policymakers, and the NGO groups (environmental, health, and women's) interested in exploring the many facets of electronic democracy. . . its lists of extensive on-line resources, allows it to serve well as a supplementary text for diverse courses on the social and policy implication of ICTs. --Leslie Regan Shade, Univ. of Ottawa for Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol. 24, 1999.

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