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The Future of Teledemocracy: Visions and Theories–Action Experiments–Global Practices
Author(s): Ted Becker (Author), Christa D. Slaton (Author)
- Publisher: Praeger (UK)
- Publication Date: 30 Jun. 2000
- Language: English
- Print length: 248 pages
- ISBN-10: 0275970906
- ISBN-13: 9780275970901
Book Description
Becker and Slaton explore the current state and future of televoting, electronic town meetings, and other initiatives designed to put the public back into public affairs. This book will prove to be a fascinating read for scholars, students, researchers, and policymakers interested in new political paradigms, politics, and public administration.
Editorial Reviews
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“Stunning. I couldn’t put it down.”-Hazel Henderson world renowned author and lecturer
“The book The Future of Teledemocracy is one of the most important contributions available today for readers of modern democracy. The contents, with its historical comments, its different models for intensified democratic participation, its descriptions of citizen empowerment systems, its theoretical fundament, and its look into the future of practical democracy using the Internet, makes it a must for large groups of readers.”-Tomas Ohlin Professor Institute for Economic Information Systems Department of Computer and Information Science Linkoping University, Sweden
“What a fabulous writing style…I’ve been looking for a text that combines the theory of participatory democracy with practical examples of this theory…this book does that and more.”-Lyn Carson Department of Government and Public Administration University of Sydney
“What makes this book unique is that it shows how the actual developments around the world provide empirical evidence for these theories’. This is the contribution that will make The Future of Teledemocracy one of the classics of teledemocracy studies. This is also a reason why the book is a valuable tool for those involved in designing and evaluating teledemocracy experiments.”-Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko Professor Department of Local Government Studies University of Tampere, Finland
About the Author
TED BECKER is Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. The author of eleven earlier books, including Quantum Politics (Praeger, 1991), he is also a political activist, trying to link teledemocracy, direct democracy, and environmental sustainability.
CHRISTA DARYL SLATON is Director of the Masters in Public Administration program and Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. Among her earlier publications is Televote: Expanding Citizen Participation in the Quantum Age (Praeger, 1991).
