Political Parties and the Internet : Net Gain? (Hardcover)

1. Parties and the Internet: An overview 2. Political Parties and Democracy in the Information Age 3. Major Parties Dominate, Minor Parties Struggle: US elections and the Internet 4. South European Parties and Party Systems and the New ICTs 5. A Marriage Made in Cyberspace?: Political marketing and UK party websites 6. Moving Towards an Evolution in Political Mediation?: French political parties and the new ICTs 7. Letting the Daylight In?: Australian parties use of the WWW at the state and territory level 8. The Democratising Potential of Internet and Political Parties in Romania 9. Democratisation, parties and the Net: Mexico - model or aberration? 10. Online Groups and Offline Parties?: Korean politics and the Internet 11. Extremism on the Net: The extreme right and the value of the Internet conclusions: The net change