The Politics of Cyberspace provides an overview of the impact of the world wide web on the political process. Chris Toulouse organizes the articles according to their theoretical approach--those who take up Habermas's concern with civil society and those who take up the postmodern critique of popular culture. The book covers key issues such as the potential for electronic democracy, the use of the web by mainstream political parties, challenges to the First Amendment, inequalities of access, and new understanding of gender. It also calls for progressive intellectuals to embrace the Internet in their political struggles.
Introduction to the Politics of Cyberspace- Chris Tolouse Part I-Habermas & Cyberspace: The Possibility of An Electronic Athena Pulling the Plug on Electronic Town Meeting: Participatory Democracy and the Reality of the Usenet-John Streck Politics on the Internet: The Normalization of the Cyberspace-David Resnick New Zealand Political Parties Online: The World Wide Web as a tool for democratization or for political marketing?-Juliet Roper Hard Travelin': Free Speech in the Age of the Information Super Highway-Wayne McIntosh & Cynthia Cates Part II-Postmodernism & Cyberspace: Beyond The Fragmentation of Culture The Politics of Digital Inequality: Access, Capability and Distribution in Cyberspace-Tim Luke To Boldly Go (Where No Man Has Gone Before): Women and Politics in Cyberspace-Anna Sampaio & Janni Aragon Intellectuals, the New Public Spheres, and Techno-Politics-Douglas Kellner
