Abstract

Mulford Sibley is not the sort of scholar who makes a career of elaborating variations on a theme. There are recurring themes in his work, however, and I want to sound two of them, participatory democracy and technology, in this essay. These themes may be joined in a number of ways, but here I shall take up only one - the possibility that advances in communications technology may actually promote democracy by extending and enhancing opportunities for political participation.

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1983

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Copyright © 1983 Bowling Green University Popular Press. This chapter first appeared in Dissent and Affirmation: Essays in Honor of Mulford Q. Sibley.

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