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Digital divide : civic engagement, information poverty, and the Internet worldwide / Pippa Norris.

By:

Norris, Pippa [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Communication, society, and politicsPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001Description: xv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521002230
9780521002233
0521807514
9780521807517

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.2854678

LOC classification:

HN49.I56 N67 2001

Contents:

Pt. I. Introductory Framework. 1. The digital divide. 2. Understanding the digital divide: wired world. 3. Social inequalities -- Pt. II. The Virtual Political System. 4. Theories of digital democracy. 5. e-governance. 6. Online parliaments. 7. Virtual parties. 8. Civic society -- Pt. III. The Democratic Divide. 9. Cyberculture. 10. Digital engagement. 11. Conclusions: promoting digital democracy.

Review: "Digital Divide examines access and use of the Internet in 179 nations world-wide. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies. A social divide is apparent between rich and poor within each nation. Within the online community, evidence for a democratic divide is emerging between those who do and do not use Internet resources to engage and participate in public life. Part I outlines the theoretical debate between cyber-optimists who see the Internet as the great leveler. Part II examines the virtual political system and the way that representative institutions have responded to new opportunities on the Internet. Part III analyzes how the public has responded to these opportunities in Europe and the United States and develops the civic engagement model to explain patterns of participation via the Internet."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index.

"Digital Divide examines access and use of the Internet in 179 nations world-wide. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies. A social divide is apparent between rich and poor within each nation. Within the online community, evidence for a democratic divide is emerging between those who do and do not use Internet resources to engage and participate in public life. Part I outlines the theoretical debate between cyber-optimists who see the Internet as the great leveler. Part II examines the virtual political system and the way that representative institutions have responded to new opportunities on the Internet. Part III analyzes how the public has responded to these opportunities in Europe and the United States and develops the civic engagement model to explain patterns of participation via the Internet."--BOOK JACKET.

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