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The Internet, Democracy and Democratization
About this book
The Internet is transforming relations between states and citizens. This study gives examples of how it is creating new political communities at various levels, both in democracies and authoritarian regimes. It is also used by marginalized anti-democratic groups such as neo-Nazis.
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Index
Abrash, Abigail 130
Aden, Lishan 143-4
Africa and democratic change 16
Africa and the Internet 140, 141; inequalities of access 143-52
Africa human rights organizations 139
Africa Trade and Investment Project 146
African American web portals 91—3, 94, 95, 100
African Americans lesser use of Internet 78-81, 100, alienation, 89-90, 94-5; and diasporas 91, 93; alternative strategy of forming a ’subaltern’ counter public 96, 101, press 99
African Information Society Initiative 147
AfroNet see African American web portals
Amnesty International 166
Angola 143, 145
Anti-Semitism 104, 106-7
apakabar (Indonesia-L) 125, 128-9
Arena, Rob 43,48
Aristotle 137
Asian financial crisis 124-6
Association for Progressive Communication 129
Association of Indonesian Telecommunication Kiosk Managers (APWI) 122-3
AT&T 25
Athenian democracy see Democracy, Athenian
Austin (Texas) 88
B92 14
Bali 123
Bandung 123, 125, 134-5
Barber, Benjamin 36-8, 40, 45
BBC 169
BeastieBoys 167
BellaNet 147
Benin 143, 145
Bentham, Jeremy 26
Big Blue see IBM
Bimber, Bruce 142, 174, 175, 180
Black World Today see African American web portals
Blair, Tony 4
Bogor 123
Botswana 143
Bourdieu, Pierre 117
Boyle, James 46
Bradley, Bill 50,52
Browning, Graham 40, 142
Buchanan, Patrick 52, 108
Buenos Aires 38
Burkina Faso 145
Bush, George Jr. 47
Bush, Jeb 43, 51
California 56
Callas, Maria 19
Cameroon 145, 147
Canada Tibet Committee 157,165
Cape Town 93
Castells, Manuel 178
Catalonia 6
CBS 24
Centre for Democracy and Technology (CDT) 46
Chiang, Kai-shek 159
Chicago 93
China 12; government and the Internet 4; administrative transparency 4-5; and Tibet 16, 158, 160-61, 162; Tiananmen Square events 126, 168; Patriotic Education Campaign 162, 165; I...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- The Internet, Democracy and Democratization
- Paradoxical Partners: Electronic Communication and Electronic Democracy
- Democratizing Democracy: Strong Democracy, US Political Campaigns and the Internet
- Revitalizing the Party System or Zeitgeist-on-Line? Virtual Party Headquarters and Virtual Party Branches in Germany
- The Politics of African America On-Line
- Neo-Nazis and Taliban On-Line: Anti-Modern Political Movements and Modern Media
- The Internet in Indonesia’s New Democracy
- The Electronic Republic? The Role of the Internet in Promoting Democracy in Africa
- Tibet, Democracy and the Internet Bazaar
- Conclusion
- Abstracts
- Notes on Contributors
- Index