ABSTRACT
Taking a multidisciplinary approach that they identify as a "cyber-realist research agenda," the contributors to this volume 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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|2 pages
The Potential for Democratic Technologies and New Political Practices
part 2|2 pages
Electronic Democracy and Democratic Revitalization
part 3|2 pages
The Lessons of Electronic Democracy Practice
part 4|2 pages
Social, Psychological, and Political Contexts for Electronic Democracy