The Civic Web: Online Politics and Democratic Values
Political web sites and e-mail lists were novelties in 1996. By 2000, they were a news trend. By 2004, they will be a part of every electoral and policy campaign. News-seekers, activists, and decision makers increasingly turn to the Net as a matter of course. The Civic Web delineates the basic issues, opportunities, and dilemmas posed by the introduction of computer-networked communications into U.S. national politics. Leading scholars from several academic disciplines join pioneer practitioners of online advocacy, discussion, and law in considering how the Internet can host, and even advance, enlightened self-government by a free people in a constitutional republic.
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The Civic Web: Online Politics and Democratic Values
Political web sites and e-mail lists were novelties in 1996. By 2000, they were a news trend. By 2004, they will be a part of every electoral and policy campaign. News-seekers, activists, and decision makers increasingly turn to the Net as a matter of course. The Civic Web delineates the basic issues, opportunities, and dilemmas posed by the introduction of computer-networked communications into U.S. national politics. Leading scholars from several academic disciplines join pioneer practitioners of online advocacy, discussion, and law in considering how the Internet can host, and even advance, enlightened self-government by a free people in a constitutional republic.
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Political web sites and e-mail lists were novelties in 1996. By 2000, they were a news trend. By 2004, they will be a part of every electoral and policy campaign. News-seekers, activists, and decision makers increasingly turn to the Net as a matter of course. The Civic Web delineates the basic issues, opportunities, and dilemmas posed by the introduction of computer-networked communications into U.S. national politics. Leading scholars from several academic disciplines join pioneer practitioners of online advocacy, discussion, and law in considering how the Internet can host, and even advance, enlightened self-government by a free people in a constitutional republic.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780742501935
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 09/04/2002
Series: Campaigning American Style
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

David M. Anderson is associate research professor at The George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management. He directs the Democracy Online Project's national task force, and contributes op-eds frequently to the Baltimore Sun. Michael Cornfield is associate research professor at The George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management. He directs research for the Democracy Online Project, and writes a monthly column on online politics for Campaigns and Elections magazine.

Table of Contents

Part 1 I The Internet and Politics: Framing the Issues
Chapter 2 1 Reflections on Campaign Politics, The Internet, and Ethics
Chapter 3 2 Cautious Optimism about Online Politics and Citizenship
Chapter 4 3 If Political Fragmentation is the Problem, Is the Internet the Solution?
Part 5 II The Current State of Online Politics
Chapter 6 4 Online Campaigning and the Public Interest
Chapter 7 5 Election Law and the Internet
Chapter 8 6 Digital Grassroots: Issue Advocacy in the Age of the Internet
Part 9 III Citizen Participation and the Internet
Chapter 10 7 Adding in the Net: Making Citizenship Count in the Digital Age
Chapter 11 8 Civic Participation and Technology Inequality: The "Killer Application" Is Education
Chapter 12 9 The Internet and an Informed Citizenry
Part 13 IV The Internet, Democracy, and the Future
Chapter 14 10 E-Democracy: Lessons from Minnesota
Chapter 15 11 The Internet and Dreams of Democratic Renewal
Chapter 16 12 The Politics of a Network World: A Speculation
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