Foundations of e-Democracy
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The Internet revolution of democracy, which will transform earthly representative democracies by employing the communication and collaboration capabilities of the Internet, has yet to come. Here, we enlist the wisdom of our forefathers to lead the way. By consulting the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, we distill core values of democracy and derive from them requirements for the foundations of e-democracy. Building these foundations can usher the urgently-needed revolution of democracy.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017