Digital technologies for democratic governance in Latin America : opportunities and risks

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Label

Digital technologies for democratic governance in Latin America : opportunities and risks

Title remainder

opportunities and risks

Statement of responsibility

edited by Anita Breuer and Yanina Welp

Contributor

• Breuer, Anita
• Welp, Yanina

Editor of compilation

• Breuer, Anita
• Welp, Yanina

Subject

• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics
• Information society -- Political aspects -- Latin America
• Information technology -- Government policy -- Latin America
• Information technology -- Political aspects -- Latin America
• Internet -- Political aspects -- Latin America
• Lateinamerika
• Neue Medien
• Political culture -- Latin America
• Political participation -- Technological innovations -- Latin America
• Politisches System
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development

Language

eng

Summary

• "This book is the first to comprehensively analyse the political and societal impacts of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a region of the Global South. It evaluates under what conditions some Latin American governments and people have succeeded in taking up the opportunities related to the spread of ICTs, while others are confronted with the pessimist scenario of increased, digitally induced social and democratic cleavages. Specifically, the book examines if and how far the spread and use of new ICT affected central aims of democratic governance such as reducing socio-economic and gender inequality; strengthening citizen participation in political decision making; increasing the transparency of legislative processes; improving administrative processes; providing free access to government data and information; and expanding independent spaces of citizen communication. The country case and cross-country explore a range of bottom-up driven initiatives to reinforce democracy in the region. The book offers researchers and students an interdisciplinary approach to these issues by linking it to established theories of media and politics, political communication, political participation, and governance. Giving voice to researchers native to the region and with direct experience of the region, it uniquely brings together contributions from political scientists, researchers in communication studies and area studies specialists who have a solid record in political activism and international development co-operation"--
• "This book is the first to comprehensively analyse the political and societal impacts of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a region of the Global South. It evaluates under what conditions some Latin American governments and people have succeeded in taking up the opportunities related to the spread of ICTs, while others are confronted with the pessimist scenario of increased, digitally induced social and democratic cleavages.Specifically, the book examines if and how far the spread and use of new ICT affected central aims of democratic governance such as reducing socio-economic and gender inequality; strengthening citizen participation in political decision making; increasing the transparency of legislative processes; improving administrative processes; providing free access to government data and information; and expanding independent spaces of citizen communication. The country case and cross-country explore a range of bottom-up driven initiatives to reinforce democracy in the region.The book offers researchers and students an interdisciplinary approach to these issues by linking it to established theories of media and politics, political communication, political participation, and governance. Giving voice to researchers native to the region and with direct experience of the region, it uniquely brings together contributions from political scientists, researchers in communication studies and area studies specialists who have a solid record in political activism and international development co-operation"--

Member of

• Routledge explorations in development studies

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• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

352.3/802854678

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

JL959.5.A8

LC item number

D55 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Routledge explorations in development studies