Making a Difference
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Making a Difference

A Comparative View of the Role of the Internet in Election Politics

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eBook - ePub

Making a Difference

A Comparative View of the Role of the Internet in Election Politics

About this book

This book is a cross-national analysis of the role of the internet in national electoral campaigns. It covers an array of electoral and party systems throughout the globe from parliamentary to presidential, party-based to candidate-oriented, multi-party to two-party, and stable party system to dynamic party system. It takes a look at three groups of nations with varying levels of Internet access-those where internet usage is common across demographic groups, those where usage has reached significant levels but not widespread penetration, and those where internet access is still limited to a small elite.

Each chapter is a study of a particular nation, focusing on its electoral and party systems, the accessibility of the Internet to the population, the nature of candidate/party usage, and the effects of the internet on the conduct of campaigns. By reviewing the findings from these studies, Making a Difference draws conclusions about exactly how the internet influences electoral politics.

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Yes, you can access Making a Difference by Richard Davis,Diana Owen,David Taras,Stephen Ward in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Political Campaigns & Elections. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. LEXINGTON STUDIES IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction - Parties and Election Campaigning Online: A New Era?
  8. Chapter One - Chile: Promoting the Personal Connection—The Internet and Presidential Election Campaigns
  9. Chapter Two - Australia: Potential Unfulfilled? The 2004 Election Online
  10. Chapter Three - Singapore: Elections and the Internet—Online Activism and Offline Quiescence
  11. Chapter Four - Indonesia: Electoral Politics and the Internet
  12. Chapter Five - United States: Internet and Elections
  13. Chapter Six - Canada: Party Websites and Online Campaigning During the 2004 and 2006 Federal Elections
  14. Chapter Seven - The United Kingdom: Parties and the 2005 Virtual Election Campaign—Not Quite Normal?
  15. Chapter Eight - Spain: Cyber-quake in a Soft Democracy? The Role of the Internet in the 2004 General Elections
  16. Chapter Nine - Belgium: Websites as Party Campaign Tools—Comparing the 2000 and 2006 Local Election Campaigns.
  17. Chapter Ten - The Netherlands: Digital Campaigning in the 2002 and 2003 Parliamentary Elections
  18. Chapter Eleven - Italy: The Evolution of E-Campaigning 1996-2006
  19. Chapter Twelve - Germany: Online Campaign Professionalism in the 2002 and 2005 National Elections
  20. Conclusion
  21. Bibliography
  22. About the Contributors
  23. Index