Democracy after the Internet - Brazil between Facts, Norms, and Code
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Beschreibung
This book throws new light on the way in which the Internet impacts on democracy. Based on Jürgen Habermas’ discourse-theoretical reconstruction of democracy, it examines one of the world’s largest, most diverse but also most unequal democracies, Brazil, in terms of the broad social and legal effects the internet has had. Focusing on the Brazilian constitutional evolution, the book examines how the Internet might impact on the legitimacy of a democratic order and if, and how, it might yield opportunities for democratic empowerment. The book also assesses the ways in which law, as an institution and a system, reacts to the changes and challenges brought about by the Internet: the ways in which law may retain its strength as an integrative force, avoiding a ‘virtual’ legitimacy crisis.
This book throws new light on the way in which the Internet impacts on democracy. Based on Jürgen Habermas’ discourse-theoretical reconstruction of democracy, it examines one of the world’s largest, most diverse but also most unequal democracies, Brazil, in terms of the broad social and legal effects the internet has had. Focusing on the Brazilian constitutional evolution, the book examines how the Internet might impact on the legitimacy of a democratic order and if, and how, it might yield opportunities for democratic empowerment. The book also assesses the ways in which law, as an institution and a system, reacts to the changes and challenges brought about by the Internet: the ways in which law may retain its strength as an integrative force, avoiding a ‘virtual’ legitimacy crisis.
Sheds new light on the interaction between democracy and the Internet Links Habermas’s theory discourse theory of democracy and the constitutional evolution of Brazil Provides a well documented and updated presentation of the pioneer Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights Deepens our understanding of how the Internet influences democracy
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Samantha S. Moura Ribeiro
Themen in »Democracy after the Internet - Brazil between Facts, Norms, and Code«
Democracy and Internet Empowerment and Legitimacy Discourse theory Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights Contextualizing the Internet Democratic Deficit Private and public autonomy Virtualized Constitutional Democracy Online Empowerment Internet Regulation Public Debate Adapting online interactions Recognition and Citizenship LAN houses and the legal barriers