An interesting article by the head of Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) about political parties in the digital era.
See: http://po.st/crisisrepresentation The digitalization of all aspects of our lives has contributed to dramatically change the context for inter-personal and political communication, agenda-setting and policy-making. Today’s digitally connected world is characterized by the high speed of information and communication flows, which reinforces the increasingly globalized nature of our societies and contributes to “horizontalize” the relations between citizens and elected representatives. However, many traditional political parties originate in the 19th century, and still use 20th century tools to face 21st century challenges. This is creating an increasing disconnect between citizens and political parties, which is often referred to as “the crisis of representation”. Much more: http://po.st/crisisrepresentation Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org [email protected] - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift http://1radionews.com - My radio app _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss
