[esocialaction] FW: OII News [2005.11.16]: E-Participation and Power: the Copper Wire and the Electricity

[Walker, Steve]

May be of interest,
 
Steve
 
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Steve Walker, Senior Lecturer
Leeds Metropolitan University
School of Information Management
Phone: (44) 113 283 7448

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From: OII Events [mailto:events at oii.ox.ac.uk]
Sent: Wed 16/11/05 11:01
To: OII-contacts at maillist.ox.ac.uk
Subject: OII News [2005.11.16]: E-Participation and Power: the Copper Wire and the Electricity



Dear All, 
  
Please may we bring your attention to the following forthcoming event: 
  
'E-Participation and Power: the Copper Wire and the Electricity' 

Speaker: Stephen Coleman, Cisco Visiting Professor of e-Democracy, Oxford 
Internet Institute 
Respondent: Alex Allan, Permanent Secretary, Department of Constitutional 
Affairs 
  
Professor Jay G. Blumler will be in attendance as a special guest of the 
OII.  He was a mentor to many academics, including Professors Stephen 
Coleman and Bill Dutton, and the recipient of the 2005 Career Achievement 
Award from the Political Communication Section of the American Political 
Science Association. 
  
Date: 07 December 2005, 17:00 - 18:30 
Location: Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, Said Business School, Park End 
Street, Oxford OX1 1HP 
  
Attendance: This event is open to the public, if you would like to attend 
please email your name and affiliation, if any, to events at oii.ox.ac.uk 
  
Abstract: 
Some e-participation projects have been funded and promoted by governments; 
others have been initiated by grass-roots activitists and communities. What 
is the relationship between such projects and the distribution of political 
power? Top-down/governmental e-participation can be accused of allowing the 
public to 'have their say' in ways that are subsequently ignored, about 
issues that have already been decided upon. Bottom-up/grass roots 
initiatives can be criticised as 'virtual talking shops' which are isolated 
from the structures of decision-making. What scope is there for e-enabled 
co-governance? 
  
Biography: Stephen Coleman 
BA hons and PhD from London University. Formerly Director of the Hansard 
e-democracy programme, which pioneered online consultations for the UK 
Parliament, and lecturer in Media & Communication at the London School of 
Economics and Political Science. Chaired the Independent Commission on 
Alternative Voting Methods. Recent publications include ; Bowling Together 
(with John Gotze), Hansard Society, 2001; Realising Democracy Online: A 
Civic Commons in Cyberspace(with Jay G. Blumler), IPPR, 2001; 2001: A Cyber 
Space Oddysey: the Internet in the UK Election, Hansard Society, 2001; 
Televised Election Debates: International Perspectives, Macmillan 2000; 
Parliament in the Age of the Internet (edited with J. Taylor and W. van de 
Donk) OUP, 1999. At the OII, Professor Coleman will be working on the 
adaptation of representative institutions in the digital age; the 
development of spaces for public democratic deliberation; and a global 
evaluation of a range of e-democracy exercises. 

Biography: Alex Allan 
See: http://www.dca.gov.uk/dept/changprog/allana.htm 
  
For further information on all OII events, please refer to our website at: 
www.oii.ox.ac.uk 
  
We hope to see you there. 
  
Kind Regards 
The Events Team 
  
Oxford Internet Institute 
1 St Giles 
University of Oxford 
Oxford 
OX1 3JS 
  
Tel: +44 (0)1865 287209 
Fax: +44 (0)1865 287211 
  
www.oii.ox.ac.uk 




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