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The Future of Digital Democracy

An Interdisciplinary Approach

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  • © 2019

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Editors:
  1. Pierluigi Contucci

    1. University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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  2. Andrea Omicini

    1. University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy

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  3. Danilo Pianini

    1. University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy

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  4. Alina Sîrbu

    1. University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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  • State-of-the-art contents
  • Interdisciplinary approach
  • Discusses potential and dangers of digital democracy

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 11300)

Part of the book sub series: Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI (LNISA)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Young People as Engaged Citizens: A Difficult Challenge Between Disillusionments and Hopes

    • Bruna Zani, Elvira Cicognani
    Pages 1-13

  3. Experiments on the Reaction of Citizens to New Voting Rules: A Survey

    • Jean-François Laslier
    Pages 14-23

  4. Egalitarianism vs. Utilitarianism in Preferential Voting

    • Pierluigi Contucci, Alina Sîrbu
    Pages 24-37

  5. Knowledge Management for Democratic Governance of Socio-Technical Systems

    • Jeremy Pitt, Ada Diaconescu, Josiah Ober
    Pages 38-61

  6. The Problematic Relationship Between Trust and Democracy; Its Crisis and Web Dangers and Promises

    • Cristiano Castelfranchi, Rino Falcone
    Pages 62-82

  7. Democratic Process and Digital Platforms: An Engineering Perspective

    • Danilo Pianini, Andrea Omicini
    Pages 83-96

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 97-101
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Digital democracy is a hot topic nowadays, its relevance growing along with the impact of computational platforms on our(political) life. Communication is the basal fabric on which society is defined, and it appears obvious that the civic organisation and politics itself should take the opportunities the "digital revolution" offers. Institutional inertia, nevertheless, causes large delays in updating and adapting. Therefore, the balance between participation and delegated representation is now facing a crisis. A thorough understanding of the factors involved in participation is a first step towards providing solutions. Using the Internet to fill the gap and build a digital democracy provides an opportunity, along with several risks that need to be carefully analysed. It needs to be implemented using a fully inter- and trans-disciplinary perspective. 
 
The six contributions included in this State-of-the Art Survey present research in the field of social sciences as well as mathematics and computer science and aim at contributing to a better understanding of the potential and dangers of digital democracy, helping readers go beyond the misunderstandings, the misconceptions,and the conceptual and practical abuses that the very notion of democracy is undergoing during this age of technological revolution and social turmoils.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Pierluigi Contucci

  • University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy

    Andrea Omicini, Danilo Pianini

  • University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Alina Sîrbu

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