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Digital Political Participation, Social Networks and Big Data
This book explores the changes in political communication in light of the development of a public opinion mediated by web 2.0 technologies. One of the most important changes in political communication is related to the process of disintermediation, i.e. the process by which digital technologies allow citizens to compete in the public space with those agents who, traditionally, co-opted public opinion. However, while disintermediation has undeniably generated a number of advances, having linked citizens to the public debate, the authors highlight some aspects where disintermediation is moving away from a rational and inclusive public space. They argue that these aspects, related to the immediacy, polarization and incivility of the communication, obscure the possibilities for democratization of digital political communication.
The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation
The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of political participation in all its varied forms, investigates a wide range of topics in the field from both a theoretical and methodological perspective, and covers the most recent developments in the area. It brings together research traditions from political science and sociology, bridging the gap in particular between political sociology and social movement studies; contributions also draw on crucial work in psychology, economics, anthropology, and geography. Following a detailed introduction from the editors, the volume is divided into nine parts that explore political participation across disciplines; core theoretical perspectives; methodological approaches; modes of participation; contexts; determinants; processes; outcomes; and current trends and future directions. The book will be a valuable reference work for anyone interested in understanding political participation and related themes.
Empowering Open and Collaborative Governance
The use of information and communication technologies to support public administrations, governments and decision makers has been recorded for more than 20 years and dubbed e-Government. Moving towards open governance roadmaps worldwide, electronic participation and citizen engagement stand out as a new domain, important both for decision makers and citizens; and over the last decade, there have been a variety of related pilot projects and innovative approaches. With contributions from leading researchers, Charalabidis and Koussouris provide the latest research findings such as theoretical foundations, principles, methodologies, architectures, technical frameworks, cases and lessons learnt w...
Debates for the Digital Age
By evaluating the Internet's impact on key cultural issues of the day, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the seismic technological and cultural shifts the Internet has created in contemporary society. Books about Internet culture usually focus on the people, places, sites, and memes that constitute the "cutting-edge" at the time the book is written. That approach, alas, renders such volumes quickly obsolete. This provocative work, on the other hand, focuses on overarching themes that will remain relevant for the long term. The insights it shares will highlight the tremendous impact of the Internet on modern civilization—and individual lives—well after specific players and si...
Hyperborder
Roving vigilantes, fear-mongering politicians, hysterical pundits, and the looming shadow of a seven hundred-mile-long fence: the US–Mexican border is one of the most complex and dynamic areas on the planet today. Hyperborder provides the most nuanced portrait yet of this dynamic region. Author Fernando Romero presents a multidisciplinary perspective informed by interviews with numerous academics, researchers, and organizations. Provocatively designed in the style of other kinetic large-scale studies like Rem Koolhaas's Content and Bruce Mau’s Massive Change, Hyperborder is an exhaustively researched report from the front lines of the border debate.
Cambios sociales en tiempos de pandemia
Este libro recoge los resultados de los análisis y debates desarrollados en las jornadas organizadas por el Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, entre los días 19 al 23 de julio de 2021, bajo el título ¿Hacia nuevos horizontes y experiencias sociales? Cambios sociales e institucionales influidos por la pandemia de la COVID-19. El objetivo es realizar un análisis interdisciplinar sobre los efectos y consecuencias que está teniendo la pandemia y su vivencia social, en los diferentes grupos, sectores y estructuras societarias, culturales, de pensamiento, etc., que conforman sociedades como la española. El punto de partida es la constatación de que estamos ante un reto adaptativo de ...
Ciudadanos y democracia representativa: ¿una relación conflictiva? Análisis de la desconfianza en las instituciones en España
El objetivo de este trabajo es comprender si la desconfianza que experimentan hoy en día los ciudadanos, junto con las peticiones que de ella se originan, representa una amenaza para la democracia representativa. A nivel teórico, la presente investigación se fundamenta en la diferencia entre soporte político específico y difuso. A partir de ahí se ha querido profundizar en cómo los factores de orden estructural (crisis económica, corrupción, cambio en el PIB y desigualdad) afectan a la desconfianza y, a través de esta, al descontento con el funcionamiento de la democracia (apoyo específico). Todo ello sin llegar a tener un impacto en los niveles de apoyo al régimen democrático (...
