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Making a Difference

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

von: Richard Davis, Diana Owen, David Taras, Stephen Ward, Taylor Boas, Ian McAllister, Rachel Gibson, Randolph Kluver, David T. Hill, Tamara A. Small, David Danchuk, Wainer Lusoli, Jose-Luis Dader, Marc Hooghe, Sara Vissers, Gerrit Voerman, Marcel Boogers, Sara Bentivegna, Eva Schweitzer
48,99 €
Verlag:	Lexington Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	13.03.2008
ISBN/EAN:	9781461633754
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	316

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This book is a cross-national analysis of the role of the Internet in elections. It examines the role of context in shaping candidate and party usage of the Internet in democratic electoral systems.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Preface
 Chapter 2 Introduction
 Chapter 3 1 Chile: Promoting the Personal Connection—The Internet and Presidential Election Campaigns
 Chapter 4 2 Australia: Potential Unfulfilled? The 2004 Election Online
 Chapter 6 3 Singapore: Elections and Internet—Online Activism and Offlince Quiescence
 Chapter 7 4 Indonesia: Electoral Politics and the Internet
 Chapter 8 5 United States: Internet and Elections
 Chapter 9 6 Canada
 Chapter 10 7 United Kingdom
 Chapter 11 8 Spain
 Chapter 12 9 Belgium
 Chapter 13 10 Netherlands
 Chapter 14 11 Italy
 Chapter 15 12 Germany
 Chapter 16 Conclusion
 Chapter 17 Bibliography
 Chapter 18 Contributors

Autorenportrait

Richard Davis is professor of political science at Brigham Young University. Diana Owen is associate professor of political science and director of American studies at Georgetown University. David Taras is professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Stephen Ward is a senior lecturer in politics at the European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, England.