Description: An investigation of the effect of government online forums on democratic practices in the United States and Europe.
Brief description: David Lazer is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Director and founder of the Program on Networked Governance at Harvard University. He is the editor of DNA and the Criminal Justice System: The Technology of Justice (MIT Press, 2004).
Review Quotes:
The volume is more than a collection of conference papers...it really gets into the nuts and bolts of issues such as policymaker accountability, the current relatively small number of input participants, and the current unequal access to digital resources...[Connecting Democracy] provides a pathway to the future of participatory democracy and deserves serious attention.
--Brad Reid, Computing Reviews