Overview

Can the Internet help to re-engage the public in politics? How are political parties using the Internet as a communication tool? Has politics changed in the information age? Political Parties and the Internet discusses three of the principal areas within this debate: party competition and campaigning online internal party democracy the role of parties within democracies This book provides an assessment of how political parties are adapting to the rise of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and what the consequences of that adaptation will be. It includes case studies of the US, the UK, Australia, Korea, Mexico, France, Romania and the Mediterranean region.

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Author:   R. K. Gibson ,  P. G. Nixon ,  S. J. Ward
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780415282734

ISBN 10:   041528273
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 May 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Parties and the Internet: An overview 2. Political Parties and Democracy in the Information Age 3. Major Parties Dominate, Minor Parties Struggle: US elections and the Internet 4. South European Parties and Party Systems and the New ICTs 5. A Marriage Made in Cyberspace?: Political marketing and UK party websites 6. Moving Towards an Evolution in Political Mediation?: French political parties and the new ICTs 7. Letting the Daylight In?: Australian parties use of the WWW at the state and territory level 8. The Democratising Potential of Internet and Political Parties in Romania 9. Democratisation, parties and the Net: Mexico - model or aberration? 10. Online Groups and Offline Parties?: Korean politics and the Internet 11. Extremism on the Net: The extreme right and the value of the Internet conclusions: The net change

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R. K. Gibson is Deputy Director of the centre for Social Science Research in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. Paul Nixon is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the Haague Hogeschool Den Haag, the Netherlands. Stephen Ward is Senor Lectuerer in Politics at the European Studies research Institute, University of Salford.

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