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Parliamentary Affairs 2006 59(2):236-249; doi:10.1093/pa/gsl002
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Electrifying Democracy? 10 Years of Policy and Practice

Scott Wright

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THE British government has been keen to promote political participation, and strengthen democratic practices more generally, through the use of Internet-based technologies. This is unsurprising, perhaps, given the perceived crisis of Britain’s traditional democratic institutions, highlighted by low electoral turnouts and declining trust in politicians. However, the very fact that we can talk of a decade of e-democracy experiments is itself a creditworthy achievement. Such experiments, although designed to support our representative form of democracy, have varied greatly with elements of both direct and deliberative democracy often to the fore.

This article analyses the policy behind, and practice of, government-led electronic democracy initiatives. The policy analysis focuses on the effects of the In the Service of Democracy Green Paper. The analysis of practical experiences with e-democracy initiatives will focus on Internet-based discussion forums, consultations and voting.1 The article will also outline e-democracy initiatives at the local level, and their relationship . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Theorising the effects of e-democracy
 

   The roots and rhetoric of e-democracy in the United Kingdom
 

   Large-scale online discussion
 

   Online consultation
 

   E-democracy in local government
 

   E-voting
 

   Conclusion
 

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