Democracy Online: The Prospects for Political Renewal Through the Internet

by Shane,Peter M.; Shane,Peter M.

• ISBN13: 9780415948654
• ISBN10: 0415948657
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-08-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Taking a multi-disciplinary approach that they identify as a 'cyber-realist research agenda', the contributors examine the prospects for electronic democracy in terms of its form and practice - while avoiding the pitfall of treating the benefits of electronic democracy as being self-evident. The debates question what electronic democracy needs to accomplish in order to revitalize democracy, and what the current state of electronic democracy can teach us about the challenges and opportunities for implementing democratic technology initiatives. Ultimately, the contributors argue for a complex, multi-disciplinary approach to the theory behind the workings of e-democracy, as well as to the future development and expansion of technological initiatives to promote online democracy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: The Prospects for Electronic Democracy	xi
Peter M. Shane
PART 1 The Potential for Democratic Technologies and New Political Practices
Technologies for Democracy	3	(18)
A. Michael Froomkin
Unchat: Democratic Solution for a Wired World	21	(14)
Beth Simone Noveck
Cyberjuries: A Model of Deliberative Democracy?	35	(12)
Nancy S. Marder
Expanding Dialogue: The Internet, Public Sphere, and Transnational Democracy	47	(18)
James Bohman
PART 2 Electronic Democracy and Democratic Revitalization
The Electronic Federalist: The Internet and the Eclectic Institutionalization of Democratic Legitimacy	65	(18)
Peter M. Shane
Global Governance and Electronic Democracy: E-Politics as a Multidimensional Experience	83	(12)
Oren Perez
Interactivity, Equality, and the Prospects for Electronic Democracy: A Review	95	(14)
Lori M. Weber
Sean Murray
Online Deliberation: Possibilities of the Internet for Deliberative Democracy	109	(14)
Tamara Witschge
Hacktivism and the Future of Democratic Discourse	123	(18)
Alexandra Samuel
ICANN and Electronic Democratic Deficit	141	(14)
Dan Hunter
PART 3 The Lessons of Electronic Democracy Practice
Digital Deliberation: Engaging the Public Through Online Policy Dialogues	155	(12)
Thomas C. Beierle
Participation, Deliberative Democracy, and the Internet: Lessons from a National Forum on Commercial Vehicle Safety	167	(14)
J. Woody Stanley
Christopher Weare
Juliet Musso
Internet-Based Political Discourse: A Case Study of Electronic Democracy in Hoogeveen	181	(14)
Nicholas W. Jankowski
Renee Van OS
The League of Women Voters' DemocracyNet (DNet): An Exercise in Online Civic Engagement	195	(14)
Jackie Mildner
Nancy Tate
PART 4 Social, Psychological, and Political Contexts for Electronic Democracy
Virtual Distance and America's Changing Sense of Community	209	(16)
Paul G. Harwood
Wayne V. Mcintosh
Access, Skill, and Motivation in Online Political Discussion: Testing Cyberrealism	225	(14)
Peter Muhlberger
Virtual Deliberation: Knowledge from Online Interaction Versus Ordinary Discussion	239	(14)
Jason Barabas
The Challenge of E-Democracy for Political Parties	253	(14)
Grant Kippen
Gordon Jenkins
Contributors	267	(8)
Index	275