Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin America ― Opportunities and Risks
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ISBN13:9780415836135
出版社:Taylor & Francis
作者:Anita Breuer (EDT); Yanina Welp (EDT)
出版日:2014/01/17
裝訂/頁數:精裝/248頁
規格:23.5cm*15.9cm*1.9cm (高/寬/厚)
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This book is the first to comprehensively analyse the political and societal impacts of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a region of the Global South. It evaluates under what conditions some Latin American governments and people have succeeded in taking up the opportunities related to the spread of ICTs, while others are confronted with the pessimist scenario of increased, digitally induced social and democratic cleavages.
Specifically, the book examines if and in how far the spread and use of new ICT affected central aims of democratic governance such as reducing socio-economic and gender inequality; strengthening citizen participation in political decision making; increasing the transparency of legislative processes; improving administrative processes; providing free access to government data and information; and expanding independent spaces of citizen communication. The country case and cross-country explore a range of bottom-up driven initiatives to reinforce democracy in the region.
While it was largely assumed that in catching up on the digital divide developing nations would simply emulate practices and structures of the Global North, this volume demonstrates that Latin American citizens and governments have come up with innovative digital solutions to the particular political problems related to the region’s historical legacy.
The book offers researchers and students an interdisciplinary approach to these issues by linking it to established theories of media and politics, political communication, political participation, and governance. Giving voice to researchers native to the region and with direct experience of the region, it uniquely brings together contributions from political scientists, researchers in communication studies and area studies specialists who have a solid record in political activism and international development co-operation.
作者簡介
Anita Breuer is Senior Researcher at the German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany, where her research focuses on the role of the Internet and social media in democracy promotion.
Yanina Welp is Regional Director for Latin America at the Centre for Research on Direct Democracy (c2d, University of Zurich) and Academic Program Manager of a Swiss doctoral program focused on Latin America at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.
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