Can The Internet Strengthen Democracy? by Stephen Coleman HARDBACK 9781509508365

Can The Internet Strengthen Democracy?\nby Stephen Coleman\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Stephen Coleman\nTitle: Can The Internet Strengthen Democracy?\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Political structures: democracy\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2017\nISBN-13: 9781509508365\nISBN-10: 1509508368\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nFrom its inception as a public communication network, the Internet was regarded by many people as a potential means of escaping from the stranglehold of top-down, stage-managed politics. If hundreds of millions of people could be the producers as well as receivers of political messages, could that invigorate democracy? If political elites fail to respond to such energy, where will it leave them?\n\n In this short book, intern.