Digitally Democratizing Congress? Technology and Political Accountability
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 641 I. THE FLAWED ACCOUNTABILITY AXIOM ............................................. 643 A. Accountability Deficit .................................................................. 643 B. Asymmetries in Accountability .................................................... 647 II. THE INTERNET AS A POTENTIAL ENGINE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ............................................................................... 648 A. Prospects for Reducing the Accountability Deficit...................... 648 1. Promoting Transparency/Better Informing Citizens?............ 648 2. Creating New Opportunities for Accountability?.................. 662 B. Prospects for Reducing Asymmetries in Accountability .............. 668 1. Ameliorating Stratified Political Knowledge?....................... 668 2. Ameliorating the Advantages of Interest Groups? ................ 671 CONCLUSION................................................................................................... 673
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