Type of Resource:
Journal

Year of Publication:
2016

Indicators:
- Enablers
- Solutions or Strategies


Themes:
- Digital Literacy And Skills
- Internet for Democracy

Author(s): Michael Margolis and Gerson Moreno-Riaño

The internet opens up new opportunities for citizens to organize and mobilize for action but it also provides new channels that established political, social and economic interests can use to extend their powers. Will the internet revolutionize politics? The Prospect of Internet Democracy is a rich and detailed exploration of the theoretical implications of the internet and related information and communication technologies (ICTs) for democratic theory. Focusing in particular on how political uses of the internet have affected or seem likely to affect patterns of influence among citizens, interest groups and political institutions, the authors examine whether the internet's impact on democratic politics is destined to repeat the history of other innovative ICTs

URL
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781317018827

Region of Study:
Africa,

Country of Study:
Africa,

Study Quality
High