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Fourteen international academics and researchers contribute 11 chapters exploring the impact of the Internet on civil society. Key topics addressed include how the Internet compares qualitatively to the more traditional forms of the media; the Internet's potential to improve civil society through a wider provision of information, via an enhancement of communication between government and citizen or via a better state transparency; and, alternatively, whether the Internet may actually present a threat to the coherence of civil society as people are encouraged to abandon shared media experiences and pursue narrower interests. The text includes case studies of the 2004 U.S. presidential election, the UK's pro-hunt protestors' Countryside Alliance, speech and protest in the Ukraine, and Palestinian and Northern Irish terrorism. For students and scholars of international politics, the Internet and civil society. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
