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Author:   Ted Becker ,  Christa D. Slaton
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.348kg
ISBN:  

9780275970901

ISBN 10:   0275970906
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   30 June 2000
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Introduction to the New Physics and New Democratic Paradigm The Emergence and Components of the New Democratic Paradigm: Historical Surges and Visions of the Future The New Physics as the Scientific Foundation for the New Democratic Paradigm Synergizing Teledemocracy: Scientific Deliberative Polling + Electronic Town Meetings + the Internet = Critical Mass Empowering Citizens by Televoting: Experiments in Scientific Deliberative Polling The Untapped Potential of Interactive TV Town Meetings and Public Hearings The First Step Toward Synergy: Collaborative Designs for Advanced, Genuine Electronic Town Meetings Beyond ETMs: Synergizing Future Teledemocracies via Computers The New Democratic Paradigm in the 21st Century The Future of Teledemocracy: Entering the Post-Hierarchical Age Bibliography Index

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The book The Future of Teledemocracy is one of the most important contributions available today for readers of modern democracy. The contents, with its historical comments, its different models for intensified democratic participation, its descriptions of citizen empowerment systems, its theoretical fundament, and its look into the future of practical democracy using the Internet, makes it a must for large groups of readers. -Tomas Ohlin Professor Institute for Economic Information Systems Department of Computer and Information Science Linkoping University, Sweden

Author Information

TED BECKER is Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. The author of eleven earlier books, including Quantum Politics (Praeger, 1991), he is also a political activist, trying to link teledemocracy, direct democracy, and environmental sustainability. CHRISTA DARYL SLATON is Director of the Masters in Public Administration program and Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. Among her earlier publications is Televote: Expanding Citizen Participation in the Quantum Age (Praeger, 1991).

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