PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND WEBPOLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES AND CULTURE AS TOOLS TO CIRCUMVENT DEMOCRATIC DECAY.

 

 

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PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND WEBPOLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES AND CULTURE AS TOOLS TO CIRCUMVENT DEMOCRATIC DECAY ^*

 

Nicoletta Laurenti Collino

 

Titolo: Democrazia partecipativa, nuove tecnologie e webpolitica: partiti politici e cultura come strumenti per aggirare il declino della democrazia

Abstract [It.]: La proliferazione del web e dei social media, in concomitanza con lo sviluppo di movimenti populisti, sta creando nuove forme di democrazia partecipativa non necessariamente aderenti ai propri valori. È fondamentale indagare le ragioni politiche e sociologiche che stanno determinando queste circostanze; occorre ricercare soluzioni giuridiche e culturali per preservare l’ordine democratico e, quindi, arginare il processo di declino.

Abstract [En.]: The proliferation of the web and social media, in conjunction with the development of populistic movements, is creating new forms of participatory democracy which does not necessarily adhere to its own values. It is essential to investigate the political and sociological reasons which are causing this state of affairs; legal and cultural solutions should be sought out to preserve the democratic order and, therefore, stem any decay process.

Parole chiave: Populismo, Democrazia partecipativa, Webpolitica, Azioni di nudging e boosting, Partecipazione all’educazione

Keywords: Populism, Participatory Democracy, Webpolitics, Nudging and Boosting Actions, Participation in Education

 

SOMMARIO: 1. Webpolitcs and Its New Controversial Forms of Participation: Juridical and Social Problems. – 2. Populism, Participatory Democracy and Constitutional Change: Towards the End of Democracy. – 3. A First Conclusion: Democratic Schemes within the Party System as Juridical Tools to Preserve the Democratic Order. – 4. Political Communication and Disinformation in the Social Media Era: A Social Reason of Democratic Erosion. – 5. Culture as a Very Revolutionary Tool: Behavioural Research and Some Correctives to Ignorance. – 6. Participation in Education: The Core of a New Political System.

 

* This essay is the result of a report given at the World Congress of Constitutional Law – Workshop Democratic Decay: Causes and Remedies (University of Johannesburg, 5th-9th of December 2022).

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