The Internet and Democracy in Global Perspective Voters, Candidates, Parties, and Social Movements /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grofman, Bernard (Editor), Trechsel, Alexander H. (Editor), Franklin, Mark (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Studies in Public Choice, 31
• Subjects: Political science.; Industrial management.; Political communication.; Communication.; Sociology.; Mass media.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Political Communication.; Media Management.; Media Research.

This volume provides an important update to our current understanding of politics and the internet in a variety of new contexts, both geographically and institutionally. The subject of e-democracy has morphed over the years from speculative and optimistic accounts of a future heightened direct citiz...