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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AT THE CROSSROADS:

CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY


ABSTRACT

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1.0   Prologue: Something is Seriously Wrong
 1.1.   Symptoms of a Democracy in Trouble
 1.2.   A Solution Under Our Noses?

2.0.   What Is a Properly Functioning "Democracy?"
 2.1.   What is a "Democracy?"
 2.2.   What is a Healthy Democracy?
 2.3.   What is an Ailing Democracy?

3.0.     The Troubled American Democracy and its Causes
 3.1   The Roots of American Democracy's Problems
 3.2.   The Futile Search for Solutions

4.0.     American Democracy's Alter Ego Emerges
 4.1.    Vocabulary for a New Stage of Democracy
 4.2.    Citizens Take to Cyberspace
 4.3.    Emergence of a Public Interest Network
 4.4.    A New Political Institution?

5.0.   Can Public Interest Democracy Be Planned or Nurtured?
 5.1.   Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up Thinking
 5.2.   Is there a Contradiction Between a Natural System and Intervention?
 
6.0.   Is Constitutional Reform Necessary?
 6.1.   Watchdog and Advisory Functions are Sufficient
 6.2.   Constitutional Reform is Necessary

7.0.    To What Extent Are Advocacy Nets a Universal Phenomenon?
 7.1.    Do the Natural Forces and Organizing Principles Underlying Public Interest Nets Apply to Sectors of Society?
 7.2.   Does Emergent Democracy Cross National Borders?
 7.3.   Can Advocacy Nets Work in Third World Countries?

8.0.    Anticipated Concerns and Objections
 8.1.   A Public Interest Institution is not Workable
 8.2.   A Public Interest Institution is Undesirable or Dangerous

9.0.    Research & Development Plan
 9.1.   Overview of the Public Interest Network Project
 9.2.   Case Study - Moveon.org
 9.3.   Field Research I: Properties of A-Nets
 9.4.   Field Research II: Properties of the Public Interest Network
 9.5.   Field Research III. A-Net Processes & Outcomes
 9.6.   Field Research IV: Impact on the Political System
 9.7.  Codifying A-Net and Public Interest Network Experience & Tactics

10.0.  Early Evidence Supporting A New Institution

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References

Weblog References on Democracy & the Internet
 
Themes and Quotable Quotes

Inventory of Questions for Advocacy Net Leaders

Materials Bin
 
Synthesis of Background and Major Themes

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