Democracy Online

Part 1: The Potential for Democratic Technologies and New Political Practices 1. Technologies for Democracy 2. Cyberjuries: A Model of Deliberative Democracy? 3. Electronic Media and the Prospects for Transnational Democracy: Cyberspace as a cosmopolitan public sphere Part 2: Electronic Democracy and Democratic Revitalization 4. The Electronic Federalist: The Internet and the eclectic institutionalization of democratic legitimacy 5. Global Governance and Electronic Democracy: e-Politics as a multidimensional experience 6. Interactivity, Equality, and the Prospects for Electronic Democracy 7. Online Deliberation: Possibilities of the Internet for deliberative democracy 8. Hacktivism and the Future of Democratic Discourse 9. Getting Past Electronic Democracy Part 3: The Lessons of Electronic Democracy Practice 10. Digital Deliberation: Engaging the public through online policy dialogues 11. Participation, Deliberative Democracy and The Internet: Lessons from a national forum on commercial vehicle safety 12. Internet-based Political Discourse: A case-study of electronic democracy in the city of Hoogeveen 13. The League of Women Voters DemocracyNet (DNet): An exercise in online civic engagement Part 4: Social, Psychological and Political Contexts for Electronic Democracy 14. A Tale of Two Towns: Assessing the role of political resources in a community electronic network 15. Virtual Distance and America's Changing Sense of Community 16. Access, Skill, and Motivation In Online Political Discussion: The democratic digital divide 17. Virtual Deliberation: Knowledge from online interaction versus ordinary discussion 18. The Challenges of E-Democracy for Political Parties 19. Social Structure and Cyberspace: Towards a theory Part 5: Conclusion 20. The Prospects for Electronic Democracy: A research manifesto