Representative Democracy and the [Computing] Profession

Holmes, Neville (2002) Representative Democracy and the [Computing] Profession. Computer, 35 (2). 120, 118-119. ISSN 0018-9162

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Abstract

This essay suggests that many "democracies" are only democratic in any serious way in the lead up to an election, being otherwise economocratic, and describes a three-stage reform exploiting digital technology that could go some way to correcting this blemish: one citizen, one parliamentary vote; double representative electorates; and continuous elections.

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Additional Information:	This essay has been more formally published as essay 5.5 in the author's book "Computers and People" (Wiley, 2006). This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. Copyright 2002 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.
Keywords:	democracy, economocracy, parliamentary voting, electorates, representative democracy, continuous elections
Subjects:	360000 Policy and Political Science > 360100 Political Science > 360104 Political Theory and Political Philosophy
ID Code:	1683
Deposited By:	Mr Neville Holmes
Deposited On:	27 Aug 2007
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2008 02:30
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