Weighing the Scales:
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Political science provides two very different takes on how the information revolution affects the relationship between governments and global civil society. The more popular and prominent argument is that the Internet dramatically lowers the costs of networked communication; therefore, civil society groups are better able to mobilize action to influence governments. Countless numbers of articles have been written about how the Internet has facilitated social movements to block the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and other proposed interstate agreements. Decentralized forms of civil society are particularly likely to thrive in the Internet age. The coordination of world wide protests that took place in the run-up to the Second Gulf War would is one example of this phenomenon. The growth of the blogosphere as a force in American politics is only the latest manifestation of this trend.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005