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The Theory and Practice of E-Democracy: Agency, Trusteeship and Participation on The Web

Patrick Bishop, John Kane, Haig Patapan

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The paper argues that tensions in democratic theory, especially concerning representative and direct democracy, can be seen in the practice of e-democracy. It examines two sites, the e-democracy program of the UK Hansard Society and an Australian e-democracy experiment, Mark Latham’s Direct Democracy in Werriwa, to explore the way in which the democratic dynamic is likely to play itself out in an era of technological innovation.

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The paper argues that tensions in democratic theory, especially concerning representative and direct democracy, can be seen in the practice of e-democracy. It examines two sites, the e-democracy program of the UK Hansard Society and an Australian e-democracy experiment, Mark Latham’s Direct Democracy in Werriwa, to explore the way in which the democratic dynamic is likely to play itself out in an era of technological innovation.

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The paper argues that tensions in democratic theory, especially concerning representative and direct democracy, can be seen in the practice of e-democracy. It examines two sites, the e-democracy program of the UK Hansard Society and an Australian e-democracy experiment, Mark Latham’s Direct Democracy in Werriwa, to explore the way in which the democratic dynamic is likely to play itself out in an era of technological innovation.

Key concepts: Democracy, E-democracy, Agency (philosophy), Direct democracy, Democratic theory, Sociology, Representative democracy, Public administration

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