Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin America

Taylor & Francis

Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin AmericaOpportunities and Risks\nAuthor(s): Anita Breuer, Yanina Welp\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138686793, 978-1138686793\nSynopsis\nThis book is the first to comprehensively analyse the political and societal impacts of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a region of the Global South. It evaluates under what conditions some Latin American governments and people have succeeded in taking up the opportunities related to the spread of ICTs, while others are confronted with the pessimist scenario of increased, digitally induced social and democratic cleavages.\n\nSpecifically, the book examines if and how far the spread and use of new ICT affected central aims of democratic governance such as reducing socio-economic and gender inequality; strengthening citizen participation in political decision making; increasing the transparency of l.