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Parliamentary Affairs Advance Access originally published online on April 13, 2006
Parliamentary Affairs 2006 59(2):226-235; doi:10.1093/pa/gsl005
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© The Author [2006]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government; all rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

The Idea of Electronic Democracy: Origins, Visions and Questions

Thierry Vedel

Thierry Vedel is Professor of Political Communication and a researcher with the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Centre for Political Research (CEVIPOF) in Paris

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WHEN the tenth anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was celebrated in 2004, visionaries and sceptics alike turned to reflect on what has been and what will be the reality and impact of the Internet in everyday life.1 Since the early beginnings of the global network, one major focus of these reflections has been the potential to transform political processes and provide new solutions to old obstacles through advances popularly referred to as electronic democracy. This article aims at presenting a comprehensive analysis of the several origins, interpretations and open questions in this field. Electronic democracy, despite the young age of its e-coded name, has a standing history of several decades, of which the current discussion focusing on online media is only the most recent extension.


   The three ages of the idea of electronic democracy
 
The idea of enhancing democratic processes with information technology did not appear with the Internet, but gradually developed since the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   The different visions of electronic democracy
 

   The idea of electronic democracy put into question
 
A VERY DEMANDING CONCEPTION OF CITIZENSHIP.
THE MYTH OF POLITICAL TRANSPARENCY.
A DEMOCRACY REDUCED TO DISCUSSION.
THE END OF INTERMEDIARY BODIES?

   Conclusion
 

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