Electrified Democracy - The Internet and the United Kingdom Parliament in History

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Internet Debate Since 1990; 2. The Permanent Platform: Parliament Online, 1996-2020; 3. Technology and Transformation: Perspectives up to 1945; 4. Disillusion and Expectation, 1945-1990; 5. The Political and Constitutional Context; 6. Computers, Networks and Parliament up to 1996; 7. Pressures, Resistance, and Possibilities in Parliament Since 1996; 8. Promotion and Regulation, Parliamentary Assessments of the Internet Since 1996; Conclusions.

About the author

Andrew Blick is Reader in Politics and Contemporary History and Head of the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. He has extensive experience of working inside political institutions, including the United Kingdom Parliament, and has written widely on constitutional matters.

Summary

This is the first history and analysis of the impact of technology on the workings of the UK Parliament, situating it within the wider global debates on democracy in the age of the Internet, constitutional law and history, and 'law and technology'.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Blick, Andrew (King''s College London) Blick, Blick Andrew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108473057
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47305-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Law in Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, LAW / International, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Political activism, Political structures: democracy, Public International Law, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Parliamentary and legislative practice, Parliamentary & Legislative Practice, Political activism / Political engagement