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	Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Democracy is a form of government in which policy is decided by the preference of the majority in a decision-making process, usually elections or referenda, open to all or most citizens and the protection of the human rights.
		In modern democracies, the territory is the nation-state, and since this corresponds (in theory) with the homeland of the nation, the demos and the reach of the democratic process neatly coincide.
		Nevertheless, some supporters of democracy claim that statistical research shows that the fall of Communism and the increase in the number of democratic states were accompanied by a sudden and dramatic decline in total warfare, interstate wars, ethnic wars, revolutionary wars, and the number of refugees and displaced persons [3].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democracy (7379 words)

	E-democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		E-democracy, a neologism and contraction of electronic democracy, is the utilization of electronic communications technologies, such as the Internet, in enhancing democratic processes within a democratic republic or representative democracy.
		The Internet is viewed as a platform and delivery medium for tools that help to eliminate some of the distance constraints in direct democracy; its use is discussed in the context of Internet democracy.
		Some traditional objections to direct democracy are argued to apply to e-democracy, such as the potential for governance to tend towards populism and demagoguery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/E-democracy (1236 words)

	democ.htm
		If the prospects of democracy on the Internet are viewed interms of encryption, then the security of the existing national government becomes the limit of the matter: what is secure for the nation-state is taken to mean true security for everyone, a highly dubious proposition.
		The Internet then is modern in the sense of continuing the tradition of tools as efficient means and in the sense that prevailing modern cultures transfer their characteristics to the new domain.
		Because the Internet inscribes the new social figure of the cyborg and institutes a communicative practice of self-constitution, the political as we have known it is reconfigured.
	www.hnet.uci.edu /mposter/writings/democ.html (6280 words)

	Internet democracy article - Internet democracy e-democracy electronic democracy Internet communications technologies - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Internet democracy is a derivative term for e-democracy / electronic democracy, especially related to projects and concepts centered on using the Internet (and not other electronic communications technologies like short message services or teletext) for deliberative and participatory aims.
		Concrete implementations of Internet democracy projects include electronic town hall meetings or citizen consultations, the use of discussion boards on party or candidate websites and the virtualization of traditional political institutions or mechanisms like party conventions, protest marches or petitions.
		There are important differences between previous communication mediums and the Internet that are relevant to the political usage of the Internet.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Internet_democracy (408 words)

	The Infrastructure of Democracy - Global Voices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		1 The Internet is a foundation of democratic society in the 21st century, because the core values of the Internet and democracy are so closely aligned.
		The Internet is a foundation of democratic society in the 21st century, because the core values of the Internet and democracy are so closely aligned.
		Both the Internet and Democracy codify humility -- which is the understanding that anyone may suggest a better way of doing things and have the opportunity to convince others.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu:8080 /globalvoices/wiki/index.php/Recommendations (817 words)

	IPDI : Institute For Politics Democracy & The Internet
		IPDI : Institute For Politics Democracy & The Internet
		GW’s Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet Named Amongst Top 10 who are Changing the World of Internet and Politics
		The George Washington University 's Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet (IPDI) (www.ipdi.org) has been named one of the “Top Ten Who Ar...
	www.ipdi.org (54 words)

	Woojung's Blog Will The Internet Foster Democracy? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Internet has potential to foster democracy as it played a crucial role in the election 2002 in South Korea, but to make it perfume in adequate way, closing the digital divide is significant.
		The definition of democracy may vary, but I think the crucial assumption of democracy is free access to information and free dissemination of information, once conducted in ancient Greek, in the forms of public forum.
		Democracy lab provides scanty resources related to my research and some hyper links do not work, which could be the basic competency for so-called websites.
	woojung.blogspot.com (4543 words)

	php-deluxe.net - description: Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Internet makes it possible to provide real-time services such as web+radio and Webcasts that can be accessed from anywhere in the world.
		The most used language for communication on the Internet is English+language, due to the Internet's origins, to the growing role of English as an international language and to the poor capability of early computers to handle characters other than those in the basic western alphabet (see Unicode).
		At the moment most internet content is available regardless of where one is in the world, so long as one has the means of connecting to it.
	www.php-deluxe.net /wiwimod,index.page,Internet.htm (3007 words)

	An Internet of Democracy - Communications of the ACM, Nov. 2000
		However, from parliaments and local councils to civil society and media groups, the sectors of democracy are primarily focused on the end applications and not the fundamental infrastructure of the Internet.
		We want an Internet that technically supports the nature of the democracies we want so the individual and group freedoms, rights, and responsibilities required to build a better world are the foundation and not the exception of the digital era.
		Steven Clift is the editor of the Democracies Online Newswire , an Internet e-mail announcement list with over 1600 subscribers interested in the "convergence of democracies and the Internet around the world." He has spoken in 19 countries on these topics and has a working draft of his "E-Democracy E-Book" available online from .
	www.publicus.net /articles/netdem.html (1295 words)

	Edge: WHAT IS TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT UNREPORTED STORY?
		Democracy is not just about voting for our leaders.
		Democracy is about citizens who have the information and freedom of communication the need to govern themselves.
		The more we know about the kind of literacy citizens are granted by the Internet, the better our chances of using that literacy to strengthen democracy.
	www.edge.org /3rd_culture/story/26.html (694 words)

	Does Internet Create Democracy: Home - habermas, rheingold, mass media, Chicago school, Frankfurt school
		Does the internet create or contribute to democracy, by revitalising the public sphere?
		Democracy, Sunstein maintains, depends on shared experiences and requires citizens to be exposed to topics and ideas that they would not have chosen in advance."
		Internet technologies are evaluated as sources of change or continuity, and as contributors to either conflict or cooperation among nations."
	www.zip.com.au /~athornto (498 words)

	ICANNWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The number of Africans using the Internet is increasing every year, but there is debate as to whether ICANN and Internet names and numbers management should be a priority issue for the continent.
		Internet infrastructure offers Africa unprecedented access to information, participation, communication, and trade, and Africans are major stakeholders in the information society today and, perhaps more importantly, in the future.
		That the United Nations thought it wise to hold a conference on the future governance of the Internet in a place such as Tunisia speaks volumes about why the UN should not be allowed within a thousand miles of anything resembling control or even input into governance of the Internet.
	www.icannwatch.org (3251 words)

	CED: Creating Democracy
		At The Center for the Evolution of Democracy we believe that the Internet offers one of the most significant opportunities for an expansion of democracy since the collapse of apartheid, the Stalinist system, and other such authoritarian structures that bit the dust in the 80's and early 90's.
		We would like to see further improvement in the Internet, especially in reaching out to those who are looking for a new type of community and to those who have not yet been able to afford access to the Internet.
		We suggest that communities in the Internet Democracy Project consider an initial focus on the governance of the Internet itself.
	www.cedemocracy.org /virtdem.html (1033 words)

	Democracy’s Moment
		Meanwhile, the Internet provides few effective ways for people to put their case to others who are not initially disposed to listen.
		A similar logic suggests that the Internet may increase intellectual stratification as experts are able to talk only among themselves and ignore the rest of the public.
		Too much of the Internet is now being managed by companies that pursue their own economic interests that are not publicly accountable.
	www.peterlevine.ws /Internetdemocracy.htm (7329 words)

	TP: Cone of Silence
		The process to hand over government control of the Internet to a private body - a process which was formulated last summer and initiated toward the end of that same year - has been rife with problems that various sides are continually struggling to deal with.
		They argue that most Internet users have not been able to (or could not afford to) participate in the meetings taking place, so the CENTR document is, in effect, a document of a very small and privileged set of people.
		Having done in-depth research on the history and impact of the Internet, she is well aware of the stakes involved.
	www.heise.de /tp/english/inhalt/te/2837/1.html (9098 words)

	Does Internet Create Democracy: Introduction - habermas, rheingold, mass media, Chicago school, Frankfurt school
		Foremost among these ideas is that the Internet will contribute to, or even be primarily responsible for, a new era of participatory democracy and a revitalisation of the public sphere.
		The Internet is an American creation, and a large proportion of its users are still American citizens.
		This makes American theories and attitudes central to the development of the Internet, and Rheingold's work is influential among Internet enthusiasts and policy makers.
	www.zip.com.au /~athornto/intro.htm (289 words)

	IVTA - Internet Voting Technology Alliance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Public sector voting using the Internet has advanced considerably since the IVTA was founded, largely due to the individual contributions of the companies and researchers who founded the IVTA in 2000.
		The Internet has leveled the playing field to hundreds of millions, ordinary people, worldwide, debunking the fear of the "digital divide".
		When we, approximately 50 participants from government, non-profit and private backgrounds, created the IVTA in 2000, we started a fresh approach to Internet Voting and security that continues to be influential and useful, applied to voting standards and practical developments in several work groups and companies worldwide.
	www.ivta.org (672 words)

	Internet and Politics resources
		In particular, we want to catalyze the development of technologies and processes that move beyond the "thin" 'patron-client' model of government where government is a procurer of goods and purveyor of services, to focus on participatory and deliberative forms of strong democratic life.
		The Oxford Internet Institute was launched by a major donation from The Shirley Foundation and with public funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
		The purpose of this section is to provide a forum for members with an interest in the use of computers, the Internet, and multimedia in teaching, research, and policy applications in political science and all related subfields and disciplines.
	www.esri.salford.ac.uk /ESRCResearchproject/links.html (5129 words)

	Assessing Egovernment: Internet Service Delivery by State and Federal Government
		In order for democracies to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness of their governments, e-government planners need to expand the number and variety of services, improve access to the technological have-nots, and address crucial issues such as security and privacy.
		Given that e-government has the potential to renegotiate the social contract between government and public sector employees by its impact on work rules and the kinds of workers needed, it is no surprise that many government agencies have gone slow in their embrace of technology.
		Furthermore, it implies that the agency does not want to be contacted; thus the agency fails in its attempt to employ the Internet as a means of connecting the people with their government.
	www.insidepolitics.org /egovtreport00.html (6052 words)

	BYU NewsNet - Internet breeds democracy
		Cannon said the Internet will cultivate democracy in its best sense by creating forums for public speech and rallying people together on issues of importance.
		Newspapers facilitate democracy but the Internet should be an even bigger tool, he said.
		Cannon is a staunch supporter of technological innovation and development of the Internet for political and business purposes.
	newsnet.byu.edu /story.cfm/49766 (438 words)

	Palfrey (2004-02) - Berkman Center for Internet & Society
		A systematic review of over 100,000 comments by public participants in ICANN, other inputs that the Board considered, and the Election of 2000 for five ICANN Board members, reveal that ICANN has never fully succeeded in integrating users into the governance model in other than an ad-hoc fashion.
		An Internet user approaching the ICANN process from the outside would have little way to determine how to participate meaningfully in the decision-making process.
		Third, we should look beyond the ICANN model, which has never been the appropriate venue for experimentation in global decision-making, toward new ways to govern the technical architecture of the Internet in an increasingly networked, less clearly bordered world.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /home/2004-02 (289 words)

	Global Internet Liberty Campaign Home Page
		Electronic Frontiers Australia had warned on November 17 that the laws, which would criminalize Internet material unsuitable for children, were too restrictive, and suggested that the Bill be suspended pending the addressing of its full ramifications.
		The Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC) and the Internet Free Expression Alliance (IFEA) have released a statement opposing stealth blocking.
		Reporters Sans Frontiers and Transfert.net have released "Enemies of the Internet: Obstacles to the free flow of information on the Internet" [fr], a report examining threats to freedom on the Internet.
	www.gilc.org (2822 words)

	CPSR - document_view (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He is president of the Internet Society chapter for Ghana, and has been deeply involved in the formation of AFNOG, the African network operators group, and in the organization of AfriNIC, the emerging regional Internet registry for Africa." (ICANN)
		Popov is credited with being, along with a group of enthusiasts, the key person to bring the Internet to Macedonia and to the Macedonian academic and research community.
		In addition, Raul is Chairman of Interim Board of LACNIC, the emerging regional internet registry for Latin America/Caribbean, Interim Chairman of ENRED, the Latin American Network Forum, and a participant in the Internet Society and the IETF.
	www.cpsr.org /internetdemocracy/candidates.html (1544 words)

	AsiaMedia :: CHINA: Dissident gets two years for internet democracy letter
		A mainland dissident has been jailed for two years after posting an open letter on the internet urging greater democracy, his family and lawyer said yesterday.
		The letter was eventually signed by 192 democracy advocates, including He Depu and Zhao Changqing, both subsequently sentenced to long prison terms.
		Ouyang, a former teacher in Suining, Sichuan, said the letter had been repeatedly amended by others as they signed it, and the final version for which he was convicted was not written solely by him, the New York-based group Human Rights in China said.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=9353 (314 words)

	CDT \| Main
		Leslie Harris will participate on the "Libraries, Telephones and the Internet: What is Next for Privacy Law" panel at the Equal Justice Works Career Fair in Washington DC.
		The Federal Communications Commission this week finalized its August 5 decision to force broadband Internet access and "interconnected VoIP" services to be designed to make government wiretapping easier, under the terms of the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
		CDT and others are very likely to challenge the FCC's order in court, arguing that the decision exceeds the terms of the statute, imposes undue burdens on innovation and threatens the privacy of Internet users.
	www.cdt.org (472 words)

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