TY - BOOK AU - Breuer,Anita AU - Welp,Yanina TI - Digital technologies for democratic governance in Latin America: opportunities and risks SN - 9780203361986 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2014/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, N.Y. PB - Routledge KW - Information society KW - Political aspects KW - Latin America KW - Information technology KW - Government policy KW - Internet KW - Political culture KW - Political participation KW - Technological innovations N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Digital trends in Latin American politics (1990-2012) / Anita Breuer and Yanina Welp -- 2. A Latin spring? Examining digital diffusion and youth bulges in forecasting political change in Latin America / Jacob Groshek and Ingrid Bachmann -- 3. A digital sublime or divide? The impact of information communication technology on the poor in Latin America / Jack Barry -- 4. Designing open data policies in Latin America / Silvana Fumega and Fabrizio Scrollini -- 5. Some notes on the experiences with the use of technology and electronic voting in Latin America / Jose Thompson -- 6. South American politics in the information age : a study of political parties and MPs on the Net in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay / Yanina Welp and Alejandra Marzuca -- 7. Crafting a new parliamentary dialogue sphere? The web and political communication in the current Venezuelan National Assembly / Xavier Rodriguez Franco -- 8. Social movements, democratic participation and ICTs / Sally Burch and Osvaldo Leon -- 9. Social change and social media : incorporating social networking sites into activism in Latin America / Summer Harlow -- 10. Slacktivism or efficiency-increased activism? Online political participation and the Brazilian Ficha Limpa anti-corruption campaign / Anita Breuer and Jacob Groshek -- 11. Social media and diaspora activism : participating in the Argentine Elections 2011 from abroad / Denise Senmartin -- 12. Claiming citizenship : web-based voice and digital media in socialist Cuba / Bert Hoffmann -- 13. Re-assessing ICT for democratic governance in Latin America / Yanina Welp and Anita Breuer UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203361986 ER -