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Informationen zum Autor Bart Cammaerts is Lecturer in Communication and Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Klappentext This book addresses one of the greatest challenges of post-modern democracy: how to bridge the perceived gap between citizens and democratic institutions. It examines internet-mediated multi-stakeholder processes of international and regional organisations - the European Union and United Nations - which aim to democratise decision-making processes in an attempt to counter criticisms of a 'democratic deficit'. The book evaluates two multi-stakeholder consultation processes where the internet played an important mediating role. It critically evaluates multi-stakeholderism as well as the potentials and constraints of the internet in terms of mediating or facilitating such consultation processes at international and regional levels of governance. It also addresses the perceived impact of civil society organisations on decision-making processes beyond the nation-state and, in turn, the impact of such participatory experiments on civil society itself. Zusammenfassung This book addresses the growing gap between policy makers and (organised) citizens! and attempts by international organisations to implement a multi-stakeholder approach largely facilitated by the internet. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsList of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsList of acronymsForewordIntroductionPART 1: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES1. Theorising multi-stakeholderism2. Internet and democracyPART II: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS3. Global and European multi-stakeholder processes4. Productive power in the WSIS5. Productive power in the Convention on the Future of Europe6. Does any of it make a difference?Annex 1BibliographyIndex
