Democracy Online: The Prospects for Political Renewal Through the Internet

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
1 Technologies for Democracy......Page 24
2 Unchat Democratic Solution for a Wired World......Page 42
3 Cyberjuries A Model of Deliberative Democracy......Page 56
4 Expanding Dialogue The Internet Public Sphere and Transnational Democracy......Page 68
5 The Electronic Federalist The Internet and the Eclectic Institutionalization of Democratic Legitimacy......Page 86
6 Global Governance and Electronic Democracy E Politics as a Multidimensional Experience......Page 104
7 Interactivity Equality and the Prospects for Electronic Democracy A Review......Page 116
8 Online Deliberation Possibilities of the Internet for Deliberative Democracy......Page 130
9 Hacktivism and the Future of Democratic Discourse......Page 144
10 ICANN and Electronic Democratic Deficit......Page 162
11 Digital Deliberation......Page 176
12 Participation Deliberative Democracy and the Internet Lessons from a National Forum on Commercial Vehicle Safety......Page 188
13 Internet Based Political Discourse A Case Study of Electronic Democracy in Hoogeveen......Page 202
14 The League of Women Voters DemocracyNet  DNet An Exercise in Online Civic Engagement......Page 216
15 Virtual Distance and America’s Changing Sense of Community......Page 230
16 Access Skill and Motivation in Online Political Discussion Testing Cyberrealism......Page 246
17 Virtual Deliberation Knowledge from Online Interaction Versus Ordinary Discussion......Page 260
18 The Challenge of E Democracy for Political Parties......Page 274
Contributors......Page 288
Index......Page 296