We are now rethinking the idea of electronic democracy. Today nobody is looking at e-democracy from the perspective of a living room, push button, instant referenda democracy, hi the electronic age it is more and more evident that we are facing a complex evolution of the functioning of political systems that democracy is becoming not direct, but continuous; that we can look at an extreme democr...

Traders Versus the State: Anthropological Approaches to Unofficial Economics is at once both a frustrating book to read and a fascinating book to review. One might suppose from its title that the book deals with conflict between officials on the one hand and those engaged in tradingor merchandising on the other. And one might suppose from reading the subtitle that the book focuses on the activi...

This paper examines the hypothesis that corporatist intermediation by party governments facilitates incomes policy formation and is effective in reaching agreements between employers and trade unions as well. A social democratic party in government would positively enhance this process. Investigating this for the Netherlands between –, two puzzles emerge. The first puzzle is that coalit...

1. E-democracy is the key for the future action As for the term “E-democracy”, many definitions focus on the usage of ICT into political process and public decisions based on needs of citizens. As the idea of e-democracy is continuously improved, my approach to e-democracy as a phenomenon resulting from the usage of ICT as a tool is to enhance democratic system of governance. There is no doubt ...

Estimating Self-Reported News Exposure Across and Within Typical Days: Should Surveys Use More Refined Measures? David Tewksbury a , Scott L. Althaus b & Matthew V. Hibbing c a Cline Center for Democracy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign b Department of Political Science, Department of Communication, and the Cline Center for Democracy, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign c Schoo...