Connecting Democracy: Online Consultation and the Flow of Political Communication (Hardcover)

Stephen Coleman, Peter M. Shane

  • 出版商: MIT
  • 出版日期: 2011-12-16
  • 售價: $1,650
  • 貴賓價: 9.8$1,617
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 440
  • 裝訂: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 0262016567
  • ISBN-13: 9780262016568
  • 立即出貨(限量) (庫存=2)

商品描述

The global explosion of online activity is steadily transforming the relationship between government and the public. The first wave of change, "e-government," enlisted the Internet to improve management and the delivery of services. More recently, "e-democracy" has aimed to enhance democracy itself using digital information and communication technology. One notable example of e-democratic practice is the government-sponsored (or government-authorized) online forum for public input on policymaking. This book investigates these "online consultations" and their effect on democratic practice in the United States and Europe, examining the potential of Internet-enabled policy forums to enrich democratic citizenship. The book first situates the online consultation phenomenon in a conceptual framework that takes into account the contemporary media environment and the flow of political communication; then offers a multifaceted look at the experience of online consultation participants in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France; and finally explores the legal architecture of U.S. and E. U. online consultation. As the contributors make clear, online consultations are not simply dialogues between citizens and government but constitute networked communications involving citizens, government, technicians, civil society organizations, and the media. The topics examined are especially relevant today, in light of the Obama administration's innovations in online citizen involvement.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

全球網絡活動的爆炸式增長正在逐漸改變政府與公眾之間的關係。第一波變革是「電子政府」,利用互聯網改善管理和服務交付。最近,「電子民主」旨在利用數字信息和通信技術增強民主本身。一個值得注意的電子民主實踐例子是政府贊助(或政府授權)的在線論壇,用於公眾對政策制定的意見徵求。本書研究了這些「在線諮詢」及其對美國和歐洲民主實踐的影響,探討了互聯網-enabled政策論壇豐富民主公民身份的潛力。本書首先將在線諮詢現象置於概念框架中,考慮了當代媒體環境和政治溝通的流動;然後多方面地研究了美國、英國和法國在線諮詢參與者的經驗;最後探討了美國和歐盟在線諮詢的法律架構。正如貢獻者所指出的,在線諮詢不僅僅是公民與政府之間的對話,而是涉及公民、政府、技術人員、民間社會組織和媒體的網絡通信。考察的主題在當今尤其重要,考慮到奧巴馬政府在線公民參與方面的創新。