Politics in the Age of Internet 

Politics in the Age of the Internet calls for a broader discussion of the political implications of electronic communication than is usually conducted. It takes a broad conception of politics as that domain that addresses the interrelationship between states, power and social institutions, by crafting the policies needed to enable greater social participation and emancipation.

While there has been much discussion of the implications of electronic communication for party political mobilisation and voting, the discussion of how electronic communication is transforming areas like as diverse as diplomacy, crime, family life, childhood and identity politics has tended to be carried out separately by specialists, in discussions largely insulated from each other.

This volume, in bringing together such discussions, will be useful to politicians, policymakers and others interested in obtaining an overview of the implications of electronic communication for our entire form of life, from the interpersonal to the international.

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