Does the increasing usage of online political forums lead to a more deliberative democracy? This book presents the evolution of the public spaces in a historical perspective, by defining and operationalizing the deliberative criteria of democracy, and by measuring and evaluating the impact of virtualization of the political debates.

Autorentext
RAPHAËL KIES is Researcher in Political Science at the University of Luxembourg.

Inhalt
Deliberative Democracy: Origins, Meaning and Major Controversies Deliberative Democracy and its Operationalization Extension of the Online Political Debates Existing Findings on Deliberativeness of Web-Debates Analysis of 'Radicali Italiani' Online Campaign in Issy-Les-Moulineaux