The Whole-Process People’s Democracy in Digital Age: Connotation, Development and Prospect

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_126How to use a DOI?

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The whole-process people’s democracy; Digital technology; Institution; governance

Abstract

The emergence and development the Internet and other digital technologies is profoundly shaping our thinking about democratic politics and expanding the possible space for the development of the human race. It is also changing the institutional forms of and our practical approaches to democratic politics. As a new form of democracy in China, the whole-process people’s democracy also faces the repercussions from the development of the Internet and other digital technologies. With similar features of other forms of deliberative democracy, the whole-process people’s democracy in digital age is distinguished for its broad participation, wide-ranging topics, equal communication and instantaneity. Through digital technologies, the whole-process people’s democracy in digital age can link the stakeholders in a diversified space together and then facilitate reasonable decision-making under the circumstance of sufficient information flow, broaden the democracy space by enabling activism of both individuals and organizations, foster democratic values and mentalities among citizens, and improve the supervision on public power. The practice of the whole-process people’s democracy in digital age is contingent both on the solution of “how democracy can drive technology” and the macro-level institutional structures that are expected to consistently tap the potential of democracy.

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AU  - Songyan Han
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TI  - The Whole-Process People’s Democracy in Digital Age: Connotation, Development and Prospect
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
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