Forthcoming Internet Politics Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Politics and the Internet in Comparative Context

   Views from the cloud

   Edited by Paul Nixon, Rajash Rawal, Dan Mercea

   Series: Routledge Research in Political Communication

   For many years now we have witnessed the developing use of the internet and associated technologies by political actors and organisations. Claims and counter claims have been made as its suitability as a tool to help in the struggle to re-invigorate political participation in democracies across the...

   To Be Published July 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Digital Political Economy and Virtual Globalization

   Edited by Gillian Youngs

   Series: Routledge Research in Political Communication

   This work brings prime concepts together that define the world we now live in – virtuality and globalization – to explain the nature of digital political economy. Its central focus is the interconnected exploration of the theoretically rich fields of virtuality and globalization studies to produce...

   To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin America

   Opportunities and Risks

   Edited by Anita Breuer, Yanina Welp

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   This book is the first to comprehensively analyse the political and societal impacts of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a region of the Global South. It evaluates under what conditions some Latin American governments and people have succeeded in taking up the opportunities...

   To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. Cyberactivism on the Participatory Web

   Edited by Martha McCaughey

   Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

   Cyberactivism already has a rich history, but over the past decade the participatory web—with its de-centralized information/media sharing, portability, storage capacity, and user-generated content—has reshaped political and social change. This volume examines the impact these new digital...

   To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Global Justice and the Politics of Information

   The struggle over knowledge

   By Sky Croeser

   Series: Rethinking Globalizations

   The global social justice movement attempts to build a more equitable, democratic, and environmentally sustainable world. However, this book argues that actors involved need to recognise knowledge - including scientific and technological systems - to a greater extent than they presently do. The...

   To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
6. Routledge Handbook of Science, Technology and Society

   Edited by Daniel Lee Kleinman, Kelly Moore

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   In this companion, editors Daniel Lee Kleinman and Kelly Moore bring together a diverse group of authors who provide thoughtful analyses of some of the most crucial technoscientific issues across the global social, economic and political landscape today. Authors’ contributions will fit into one of...

   To Be Published February 27th 2014 by Routledge