E-democracy e-Xplained
Useful post From Doc Searl’s blog:
In a new article at Publicus.net, Steven Clift has a thoughtful explanation of why networked citizens are moving to the center of working govenance. One sample:
Ultimately, the main challenge for governance in the information age will be accommodating the will of the people in many small and large ways online. The great unknown is whether citizen and political institutional use of this new medium will lead to more responsive government or whether the noise generated by competing interests online will make governance more difficult. It is possible that current use of ICTs in government and politics, which are often not formulated with democratic intent, will actually make governance less responsive.
