{"product_id":"digital-divide-civic-engagement-information-poverty-and-the-internet-worldwide-hardback-9780521807517","title":"Digital Divide; Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide (Hardback) 9780521807517","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDigital Divide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCivic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is widespread concern that the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePippa Norris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521807517, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 September 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 37 b\/w illus.  2 maps  42 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Norris's worldwide comparison of 179 countries' national and political context of Internet access and use is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the problem of the digital divide because it blends together the economic aspect with socioeconomic and democratic development with a systematic framework.' Prometheus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThere is widespread concern that the growth of the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor. Digital Divide examines access and use of the Internet in 179 nations world-wide. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies. A social divide is apparent between rich and poor within each nation. Within the online community, evidence for a democratic divide is emerging between those who do and do not use Internet resources to engage and participate in public life. Part I outlines the theoretical debate between cyber-optimists who see the Internet as the great leveler. Part II examines the virtual political system and the way that representative institutions have responded to new opportunities on the Internet. Part III analyzes how the public has responded to these opportunities in Europe and the United States and develops the civic engagement model to explain patterns of participation via the Internet.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introductory Framework: 1. The digital divide\u003cbr\u003e 2. Understanding the digital divide: wired world\u003cbr\u003e 3. Social inequalities\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Virtual Political System: 4. Theories of digital democracy\u003cbr\u003e 5. e-governance\u003cbr\u003e 6. Online parliaments\u003cbr\u003e 7. Virtual parties\u003cbr\u003e 8. Civic society\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Democratic Divide: 9. Cyberculture\u003cbr\u003e 10. Digital engagement\u003cbr\u003e 11. 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