Although online social media hae acheived great success in several notable instances, the design of such systems remains a art. In some specialized areas, such as online deliberation systems for participatory democracy, experiences from many projects have been reported in the research literature. Designers can benefit from knowledge accumulated from these experiences. However, the knowledge is ...

To integrate Marxism and Confucianism, to establish develop Marxist is the main trend of sustainable development Chinese ideology culture. Confucianism should learn from Marxism, strengthen its scientificity contemporaneity, also enhance influence on working people in daily life. have a lot similarities complement each other ideology, such as demonstrating that can become ideal people, which in...

To the best of my knowledge; no one has ever exploited the relationship between Democracy and Education and Dewey’s logical theory as presented in these other works. Doing so not only lends textual evidence to the important relationship between Dewey’s logical theory and Democracy and Education; it reinforces Dewey’s claim that Democracy and Education best represents his philosophy in general. ...

The concept of social capital has received enormous attention in the social sciences and beyond. Researchers have shown a particular interest in “neighbourhood effects” – how neighbourhood social capital and local area environments might impact a variety of outcomes in positive and negative ways. However, insufficient attention has been given to issues of local governance in the social capital ...

The article reveals ideological-theoretical, methodological, and politico-ideological basic principles for an adequate analysis of the specifics modern Chinese (Sinicized) Marxism. attributive features Marxism (Marxism with (the adaptation to Context, Sinicized Marxism), as most effective version in world history correcting modernizing axiomatics Marxist-Leninist theoretical model social develo...

Sheri Berman is Associate Professor of Political Science at Barnard College and was previously at Princeton University. She is the author of two widely-acclaimed books, The Social Democratic Moment (Harvard University Press) and The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe's Twentieth Century (Cambridge University Press), and has written many academic articles. A student o...

In this paper, we discuss the implications for social inclusion of the advent of Internet voting. Although the issue of social exclusion or social inclusion with regard to technological developments in the voting process is often approached as a matter of either security or turnout, we will take a broader view. Using the philosophical concept of technological mediation, as developed by Don Ihde...

This article explores the relationship of Foucault to Marxism. Although he was often critical of Marxism, Foucault’s own approach bears striking parallels to Marxism, as a form of method, as an account of history, and as an analysis of social structure. Like Marxism, Foucault represents social practices as transitory and all knowledge and intellectual formations as linked to social relations an...

Electronic democracy has been in use in many countries around the world with mixed success. With the power of the web 2.0 technologies, there are more opportunities to enhance the democratic process through the use of social networking tools. Social networks showed potential for facilitating democracy and democratic change during the Arab spring revolutions, suggesting that they could be utiliz...