@article {10.3844/jssp.2007.123.126, article_type = {journal}, title = {Governance and Democratic Procedures in the Information Society Era}, author = {Bozinis, Athanasios I.}, volume = {3}, year = {2007}, month = {Sep}, pages = {123-126}, doi = {10.3844/jssp.2007.123.126}, url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2007.123.126}, abstract = {The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in today’s democratic societies has always two sides: the well-intended, which is the expansion of the democratic participation, and the bad-intended, the one that causes concentration. This research analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the use of e-democracy and claims that the integration of electronic democracy within a country will be based on the effective use of the political-democratic institutions, on the legitimate frame that will control the use of electronic democracy, and on the technological background that describes the country.}, journal = {Journal of Social Sciences}, publisher = {Science Publications} }