ICT & Democracy

As an adjunct to relevant courses, valuable insight for students and professionals already working in the field is provided and students are equipped with a detailed analysis of important issues. The subject is 'brought to life' through analysis which highlight the working of issues within a given setting.

Table of Contents

Title Page

ICT & Democracy

Briefing

Aim

Approach

Book Structure

Chapter 1 | American approach

‘Ecole’ Chicago

Frontierism

Liberalism

ICT & Democracy

ICT and Democracy: Goals and Objectives

ICT and Democracy: Deliberation

Public sphere

Public Sphere and language of communication

WWW Owner’s map

Public sphere creation and WWW

Public sphere as a force of dominance

Public sphere or public spheres?

Public Sphere and participation

Public Sphere and location

Definition of ‘community’

Community networks

Community local vs. community global

Non Governmental Organisation - NGO

NGO in the public sphere

NGO and ICT

Chapter 2 | Case 1: Canada | Canadian Rationalism

Canadian Democratic equality and ICT

Canadian governance and ICT

Case 2: The European Union | European Union and the ICT tendency

European ICT Policies and Regulations from a historical perspective

ICT – EC / EU Definition

EU and ICT in the future

EU democracy and ICT

Chapter 3 | Conclusion

Structure

Community

Canada

EU

ICT & Democracy

Patapios Tranakas

Greece

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Copyright Year: 2014

ISBN[1]: 9786185122027 (27.03.2014) Copyright Owner: Patapios Tranakas,

Greece No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or

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Briefing

There is intense interest in the Information and Communication Technology potential, hereafter refer to as ‘ICT’, to contribute to various sociological phenomena. Among these ideas is that could as well contribute to, or ICT even be primarily responsible for; a new era of participatory democracy and a revitalisation of a public sphere.

There is indeed in our current time a trend in believing that the technology, ‘if properly understood and defended by citizens, does have democratising potential in the way that alphabets and printing presses had democratizing potential’[2].

Aim

In this book, the author explores whether ICT enables democracy understood, not only as political ideology, but mainly as a way of life where citizens pursue self - governance through deliberative and informed participation and the exchange of reasoned, rational ideas across domains.

The main questions tackled are: - How can ICT balance the scales of development between the industrialized countries?

- How ICT creates democracy?

- What are the challenges for community development?

- What are the current democratic applications of ICT in local societies?

Approach

The author investigates the bases of ideas, thereof implementation were applicable and discuss factors that could affect any potential developments.

In a detailed overview research and analysis is focusing on:

- Non Governmental Organisations, hereafter NGO; and how