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Does Democracy Scale? A Fractal Model for the Role of Interactive Technologies in Democratic Policy Processes

Karin Geiselhart, University of Canberra, Australia
December 1999

Words and concepts from the thesis, and a Canberra Times article I wrote about my case study, have been incorporated into a song by the group futureretro: see 'Good Government' at the MP3.com site:
http://www.mp3.com/futureretro

Abstract

Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 Democracy in an Information Age
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Chapter 3 Public Sector Reform and Information Technology
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Chapter 4 The Interactive Organisation
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Chapter 5 Methodology

Chapter 6 Every Body Counts: Interactive technology and policy participation within the Department of Finance and Administration

Chapter 7 Minor Case Studies

Chapter 8 Conclusions and Recommendations

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