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Digital divide : civic engagement, information poverty, and the Internet worldwide / Pippa Norris.
Van Pelt Library HN49.I56 N67 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norris, Pippa.
- Series:
- Communication, society, and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Digital divide.
- Internet--Political aspects.
- Internet.
- Internet--Social aspects.
- Political participation--Computer network resources.
- Political participation.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- There is widespread concern that the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor.
- Contents:
- 3 Wired World 39
- 4 Social Inequalities 68
- Part II. The Virtual Political System
- 5 Theories of Digital Democracy 95
- 6 e-Governance 112
- 7 Online Parliaments 132
- 8 Virtual Parties 148
- 9 Civic Society 171
- Part III. The Democratic Divide
- 10 Cyberculture 195
- 11 Civic Engagement 217
- 12 Conclusions: Promoting e-Democracy 232.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521807514
- 0521002230
- OCLC:
- 46359519
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