Democratic legitimacy? : the online consultations of the European Commission

The central research puzzle of this thesis relates to new opportunities for political organisations due to technological change and non-electoral forms of creating democratic legitimacy. In particular, the thesis asks if new Information and communication technologies can address democratic legitimac...

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Main Author: Weller, Julian
Other Authors: Kaiser, Wolfram ; Wright, Sue ; Heard-Laureote, Karen
Published: University of Portsmouth 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.568973