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Public policy and obstacles to the virtual agora: insights from the deliberative e-rulemaking project
Special issue on Public Engagement and Government Collaboration: Theories, Strategies and Case StudiesCyber-optimists anticipate that electronic media will serve as an extensive public space, a virtual agora, that will re-engage the public with politics and the policies that affect everyday life. For three years we were involved in a U.S. National ...
Civil Society and Cyber Society: The Role of the Internet in Community Associations and Democratic Politics
A healthy civil society has long been held as vital to a healthy democracy and there is interest in whether the Internet affects this linkage. This paper explores the relationships between offline and online modes of associational life and also analyzes ...
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