[LINK] some linkers on e-democracy

[Jan Whitaker]

From: Fwd: APO Weekly Briefing 16 August 2006

>ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY? THE IMPACT OF NEW COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ON 
>AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY
>Democratic Audit of Australia
>How have those involved in the political process, including government, 
>political parties, MPs and civil society groups used new technology ask 
>Peter Chen, Rachel Gibson and Karin Geiselhart. On the one hand there is 
>the potential for increased big brother surveillance of citizens, on the 
>other for broader citizen participation and interactivity in the policy 
>process. Little of the potential for more open government has been 
>realised in Australia. Posted 10-08-2006
>http://www.apo.org.au/linkboard/results.chtml?filename_num=94562




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