Designing Balance into the Democratic Project: Contrasting Jeffersonian Democracy against Bentham's Panopticon Centralisation in determining ICT adoption

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dc.contributor.authorKakabadse, Nada K.-
dc.contributor.authorKakabadse, Andrew P.-
dc.contributor.authorKouzmin, Alexander-
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-06T23:01:54Z
dc.date.available2011-07-06T23:01:54Z
dc.date.issued2007-01-01T00:00:00Z-
dc.description.abstractPositioned in a critical realist perspective, this paper examines the impact of systematic and institutional distortion to communication and the use of information and communicative technology (ICT) for control over citizen participation within the Liberal-democratic process. The paper contrasts the Jeffersonian vision of democracy against Bentham’s Panopticon dystopia and reviews comparative models of democratic processes. In so doing, it is argued that the role of ICT, the role of pressure groups and concentrated media ownership and control pose significant issues for E-democracy, in particular that of less unfettered communication within the context of Liberal democracy. It is concluded that a new constitutional organ is required to enhance genuine participation within the Panopticon proclivities emergent in E-democracen_UK
dc.identifier.citationNada K. Kakabadse, Andrew Kakabadse, Alexander Kouzmin; Designing Balance into the Democratic Project: Contrasting Jeffersonian Democracy against Bentham’s Panopticon Centralisation in determining ICT adoption. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 1, 2007en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1727-7051-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/1710
dc.language.isoen_UKen_UK
dc.subjectCitizenen_UK
dc.subjectCommunicationen_UK
dc.subjectDemocracyen_UK
dc.subjectE-democracyen_UK
dc.subjectGovernanceen_UK
dc.subjectInformationen_UK
dc.subjectJeffersonian Visionen_UK
dc.subjectLobby Groupsen_UK
dc.subjectBentham’s Panopticonen_UK
dc.subjectPublic Policyen_UK
dc.titleDesigning Balance into the Democratic Project: Contrasting Jeffersonian Democracy against Bentham's Panopticon Centralisation in determining ICT adoptionen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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