The Idea of Electronic Democracy

Origins, Visions and Questions

Bibliographic Data

ID6311477
AuthorsThierry Vedel (0000-0003-3307-7365, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume59
Issue2
Pages226-235
Publication date2006-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueParliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/pa/gsl005
OpenAlexW2057566987
LanguageEN
Citations received24

When the tenth anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was celebrated in 2004, visionaries and sceptics alike turned to reflect on what has been and what will be the reality and impact of the Internet in everyday life. Since the early beginnings of the global network, one major focus of these reflections has been the potential to transform political processes and provide new solutions to old obstacles through advances popularly referred to as electronic democracy. This article aims at presenting a comprehensive analysis of the several origins, interpretations and open questions in this field. Electronic democracy, despite the young age of its e-coded name, has a standing history of several decades, of which the current discussion focusing on online media is only the most recent extension. [Article's first paragraph

Context (archaeology · Democracy · Epistemology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Skepticism · Sociology · State (computer science · The Internet · Vision · World Wide Web · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Social Media and Politics

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access