The citizen lobby : : from capacity to influence /

The citizen lobby : : from capacity to influence / / Leif Thomas Olsen.

The Internet holds endless opportunities for exchange and dialogue and the promise of developing a better democratic model. Day-to-day politics are largely driven by economic lobbies in the interest of what Habermas calls their "generalised particularism," the threat to take jobs and tax r...

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Olsen, Leif Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:Lüneburg : : meson press,, [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Media, democracy & political process series
Physical Description:1 online resource (169 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword 9
  • Executive summary 11
  • [1] The framework: From parliamentary democracy to the Citizen Lobby 15
  • [2] Jürgen Habermas: The public sphere and its communicative action 37
  • [3] Information and computer technology: How is ICT changing the political playing field? 59
  • [4] Peer-to-peer: Is P2P the future mode of democratic action? 83
  • [5] Liquid Democracy: The term, the systems, supporters and critics 107
  • [6] Evolving relationships: The model leading to the model 119
  • [7] The Citizen Lobby: The model, the process and the costs 135
  • Appendices 151
  • Literature Reference List 163.

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