Democratic Governance and New Technology (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hoff, Jens; Tops, Pieter; Horrocks, Ivan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on case studies from Denmark, The Netherlands and the UK, this book discusses new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Contributors argue that ICTs play an important role in the process of restructuring and redefining basic relations within the political systems of Western democracies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134658312
• Artikelnr.: 47887373

Autorenporträt

Hoff, Jens; Horrocks, Ivan; Tops, Pieter

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: new technology and the 'crises' of democracy Jens Hoff, Ivan
Horrocks and Pieter Tops Part I. The Nature of the Problem 1. Technology
and social change: the path between technological determinism, social
constructivism and new institutionalism Jens Hoff2. Modelling electronic
democracy: towards democratic discourses for an information age Christine
Bellamy Part II. Case Studies 3. Danish political parties and new
technology: interactive parties or new shop windows? Karl Löfgren4. British
political parties: continuity and change in the information age Colin
Smith5. Political websites during the 1998 Parliamentary Elections in the
Netherlands Pieter W. Tops, Gerrit Voerman and Marcel Boogers6. When
democratic strategies clash: the citizen card debate in Denmark Jens Hoff
and Jacob Rosenkrands7. Relegitimating the democratic polity: the closed
circuit television revolution in the UK C. William R. Webster8. Electronic
service delivery and democratic relationships between government and its
citizens Stavros Zouridis and Victor Bekkers9. Infocracy or infopolis?
Transparency, autonomy and democracy in an information age Wim Van de
Donk10. Virtual communities: new public spheres on the internet? Kees
Schalken Part III. Conclusion 11. New technology and democratic renewal:
the evidence assessed Pieter Tops, Ivan Horrocks and Jens Hoff12.
Reflections on the models of democracy: cyberdemocracy? Jens Hoff, Ivan
Horroks and Pieter Tops