Digital Technologies For Democratic Governance In Latin America

Author : Anita Breuer,Yanina Welp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135046071

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Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin America by Anita Breuer,Yanina Welp Pdf

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 related to the spread of ICTs, while others are confronted with the pessimist scenario of increased, digitally induced social and democratic cleavages. Specifically, the book examines if and how far the spread and use of new ICT affected central aims of democratic governance such as reducing socio-economic and gender inequality; strengthening citizen participation in political decision making; increasing the transparency of legislative processes; improving administrative processes; providing free access to government data and information; and expanding independent spaces of citizen communication. The country case and cross-country explore a range of bottom-up driven initiatives to reinforce democracy in the region. The book offers researchers and students an interdisciplinary approach to these issues by linking it to established theories of media and politics, political communication, political participation, and governance. Giving voice to researchers native to the region and with direct experience of the region, it uniquely brings together contributions from political scientists, researchers in communication studies and area studies specialists who have a solid record in political activism and international development co-operation.

Author : Scott Mainwaring,Timothy R. Scully
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804772969

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Democratic Governance in Latin America by Scott Mainwaring,Timothy R. Scully Pdf

Producing more effective governance is the greatest challenge that faces most Latin American democracies today—a challenge that involves not only strengthening democratic institutions but also increasing governmental effectiveness. Focusing on the post-1990 period, this volume addresses why some policies and some countries have been more successful than others in meeting this dual challenge. Two features of the volume stand out. First, whereas some analysts tend to generalize for Latin America as a whole, this group of authors underscores the striking differences of achievement among countries in the region and illustrates the importance of understanding these differences. The second feature is the range of expertise within the volume. In addition to the volume editors, the contributors are Alan Angell, Daniel Brinks, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, José de Gregorio, Alejandro Foxley, Evelyne Huber, José Miguel Insulza, Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Patricio Navia, Francisco Rodriguez, Mitchell Seligson, John Stephens, Jorge Vargas Cullell, and Ignacio Walker.

Author : David Ramírez Plascencia,Barbara Carvalho Gurgel,Avery Plaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000326109

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The Politics of Technology in Latin America (Volume 2) by David Ramírez Plascencia,Barbara Carvalho Gurgel,Avery Plaw Pdf

This volume focuses on the hyper-mediatization of Latin America from the citizen’s perspective, considering the social impact and how people embrace information technologies to improve their living conditions, engage in political issues and the role of digital journalism in promoting democratic values in Latin America. The book is divided into three parts: ‘Digital Media and Daily Life in Latin America’ explores cases related to the integration of digital media such as mobile devices, social platforms and, even, drones to diverse commercial, private and social activities. ‘Information technologies and civic engagement’ gives special attention to the new political practices triggered by the irruption of smartphones and platforms, especially inside organizations and social movements in Latin America. ‘Journalism and Media Integrity in the Age of Post-truth’ centers on the study of digital journalism and the new media landscape, and related issues like precarization of labor conditions and the crisis of reliability in media. This second volume in a two volume set will be important reading for scholars and students of social use of digital media in Latin America, civic engagement, and the connections between politics, journalism and technology.

Author : Jorge I. Domínguez,Michael Shifter
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421409795

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Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America by Jorge I. Domínguez,Michael Shifter Pdf

After more than a century of assorted dictatorships and innumerable fiscal crises, the majority of Latin America's states are governed today by constitutional democratic regimes. Some analysts and scholars argue that Latin America weathered the 2008 fiscal crisis much better than the United States. How did this happen? Jorge I. Domínguez and Michael Shifter asked area specialists to examine the electoral and governance factors that shed light on this transformation and the region's prospects. They gather their findings in the fourth edition of Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America. This new edition is completely updated. Part I is thematic, covering issues of media, constitutionalism, the commodities boom, and fiscal management vis-à-vis governance. Part II focuses on eight important countries in the region—Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Already widely used in courses, Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America will continue to interest students of Latin American politics, democratization studies, and comparative politics as well as policymakers.

Author : Avery Plaw,Barbara Carvalho Gurgel,David Ramírez Plascencia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000317725

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The Politics of Technology in Latin America (Volume 1) by Avery Plaw,Barbara Carvalho Gurgel,David Ramírez Plascencia Pdf

This book analyses the arrival of emerging and traditional information and technology for public and economic use in Latin America. It focuses on the governmental, economic and security issues and the study of the complex relationship between citizens and government. The book is divided into three parts: • ‘Digital data and privacy, prospects and barriers’ centers on the debates among the right of privacy and the loss of intimacy in the Internet, • ‘Homeland security and human rights’ focuses on how novel technologies such as drones and autonomous weapons systems reconfigure the strategies of police authorities and organized crime, • ‘Labor Markets, digital media and emerging technologies’ emphasize the legal, economic and social perils and challenges caused by the increased presence of social media, blockchain-based applications, artificial intelligence and automation technologies in the Latin American economy. This first volume in a two volume set will be important reading for scholars and students of governance in Latin American, the protection of human rights and the use of technology to combat crime and the new advances of digital economy in the region.

Author : OECD,CAF Development Bank of Latin America
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264752412

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OECD Digital Government Studies Digital Government Review of Latin America and the Caribbean Building Inclusive and Responsive Public Services by OECD,CAF Development Bank of Latin America Pdf

This report explores how governments in Latin America and the Caribbean can use digital technology and data to foster responsiveness, resilience and proactiveness in the public sector.

Author : Anita Breuer,Yanina Welp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135046064

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Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin America by Anita Breuer,Yanina Welp Pdf

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 related to the spread of ICTs, while others are confronted with the pessimist scenario of increased, digitally induced social and democratic cleavages. Specifically, the book examines if and how far the spread and use of new ICT affected central aims of democratic governance such as reducing socio-economic and gender inequality; strengthening citizen participation in political decision making; increasing the transparency of legislative processes; improving administrative processes; providing free access to government data and information; and expanding independent spaces of citizen communication. The country case and cross-country explore a range of bottom-up driven initiatives to reinforce democracy in the region. The book offers researchers and students an interdisciplinary approach to these issues by linking it to established theories of media and politics, political communication, political participation, and governance. Giving voice to researchers native to the region and with direct experience of the region, it uniquely brings together contributions from political scientists, researchers in communication studies and area studies specialists who have a solid record in political activism and international development co-operation.

Author : Gabriel Marcella,Orlando J. Pérez,Brian Fonseca
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000459098

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Democracy and Security in Latin America by Gabriel Marcella,Orlando J. Pérez,Brian Fonseca Pdf

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for governments to generate the necessary capacity to address important security and institutional challenges; this volume deepens our understanding of the nature and extent of state governance in Latin America. State capacity is multidimensional, with all elements interacting to produce stable governance and security. As such, a collection of scholars and practitioners use an explicit interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the contributions of history, political science, economics, public policy, military studies, and other fields to gain a rounded understanding of the link between security and democracy. Democracy and Security in Latin America is divided in two sections: Part 1 focuses on the challenges to governance and key institutions such as police, courts, armed forces. and the prison system. Part 2 features country case studies that illustrate particularly important security challenges and various means by which the state has confronted them. Democracy and Security in Latin America should appeal not only to those seeking to learn more about the capacity of the democratic state in Latin America to effectively provide public security in times of stress, but to all those curious about the reality that a democracy must have security to function.

Author : Hernan Galperin,Judith Mariscal
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781552503423

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Digital Poverty by Hernan Galperin,Judith Mariscal Pdf

Examines the problem of inedequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies. Shows how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the region.

Author : Lucy Bernholz,Hélène Landemore,Rob Reich
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226748603

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Digital Technology and Democratic Theory by Lucy Bernholz,Hélène Landemore,Rob Reich Pdf

One of the most far-reaching transformations in our era is the wave of digital technologies rolling over—and upending—nearly every aspect of life. Work and leisure, family and friendship, community and citizenship have all been modified by now-ubiquitous digital tools and platforms. Digital Technology and Democratic Theory looks closely at one significant facet of our rapidly evolving digital lives: how technology is radically changing our lives as citizens and participants in democratic governments. To understand these transformations, this book brings together contributions by scholars from multiple disciplines to wrestle with the question of how digital technologies shape, reshape, and affect fundamental questions about democracy and democratic theory. As expectations have whiplashed—from Twitter optimism in the wake of the Arab Spring to Facebook pessimism in the wake of the 2016 US election—the time is ripe for a more sober and long-term assessment. How should we take stock of digital technologies and their promise and peril for reshaping democratic societies and institutions? To answer, this volume broaches the most pressing technological changes and issues facing democracy as a philosophy and an institution.

Author : Joseph S. Tulchin,Andrew D. Selee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Decentralization in government
ISBN : LCCN:2005351033

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Decentralization and Democratic Governance in Latin America by Joseph S. Tulchin,Andrew D. Selee Pdf

Author : Gasc¢-Hernandez, Mila
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781591409755

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Latin America Online: Cases, Successes and Pitfalls by Gasc¢-Hernandez, Mila Pdf

Describes the state of the art in electronic government in Latin America. Introduces the organizational, technical, and financial activities currently developed, and the modernization and decentralization efforts carried out by the public administration to become more effective and transparent.

Author : Felipe Agüero,Jeffrey Stark
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X004290314

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Fault Lines of Democracy in Post-transition Latin America by Felipe Agüero,Jeffrey Stark Pdf

Concerns about democratization in Latin America today center not on the threat of authoritarian regression, but on the depth, quality, fairness, and completeness of democratization thus far. Large-scale economic and social reforms, stronger and more complex civil societies, and processes of integration and globalization call for new approaches in order to understand the unfolding of democracy in the region. In this context, the contributors to this volume explore the often disjunctive aspects of Latin American democracy, providing a nuanced understanding of contemporary democratic governance.

Author : Akrivopoulou, Christina M.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466636385

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Digital Democracy and the Impact of Technology on Governance and Politics: New Globalized Practices by Akrivopoulou, Christina M. Pdf

The evolution of modern technology has allowed digital democracy and e-governance to transform traditional ideas on political dialogue and accountability. Digital Democracy and the Impact of Technology on Governance and Politics: New Globalized Practices brings together a detailed examination of the new ideas on electronic citizenship, electronic democracy, e-governance, and digital legitimacy. By combining theory with the study of law and of matters of public policy, this book is essential for both academic and legal scholars, researchers, and practitioners.

Author : Philip Oxhorn,Joseph S. Tulchin,Andrew Selee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015059136898

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Decentralization, Democratic Governance, and Civil Society in Comparative Perspective by Philip Oxhorn,Joseph S. Tulchin,Andrew Selee Pdf

This volume studies the relation of decentralization to democratization at both intermediate and local levels and analyzes how decentralization is transforming the relationship between the state and civil society.