All readings will be contained in the course packet except for
those in the following books, which are available for purchase at the bookstore:
Syllabus
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Date and Theme
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Reading Assignment
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Technology Deconstruct
(instructions)
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August 25, 2003 - Course Introduction:
Which Democracy for Which Technology? Which Technology for Which
Democracy?
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Benjamin R. Barber, Three Scenarios for the
Future of Technology and Strong Democracy, 113 Pol. Sci. Q. 573 (1999).
Beth Simone Noveck, Paradoxical
Partners: Electronic Communication
and Electronic Democracy, the Internet, Democracy, and Democratization, 18–35 (2000).
Anthony G. Wilhelm, Democracy in the Digital Age:
Challenges to Political Life in Cyberspace, (Library Binding, 2000).
Excerpts
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Designing Technology for Democracy:
Unchat Case Study
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TBD - Athens Project Planning Session
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Cornelius W. Kerwin, Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write
Law & Make Policy, in Congressional Quarterly, (1994).
Begin reading
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Administrative Rulemaking
www.regulations.gov
www.dms.dot.gov
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September 12, 2003 - Optional Fieldtrip
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Southern District of New York,
Federal Courthouse - Tour and Presentation of the Wireless Courthouse
Project
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September 8, 2003 - The Power of
Code - Technology as Law
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Lawrence Lessig, Code and Other
Laws of Cyberspace, 1-99 (but read as far as you can)
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Information Filters
N2H2 and the Bess Filter
ICRA Filter
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September 16, 2003 - Architecture and Political Control
(note: Tuesday Meeting)
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excerpts from:
James Gleick, Faster: The Acceleration of Just
About Everything (Pantheon, 1999).
William Mitchell, City of Bits:
Space, Place and the Infobahn, (MIT Press).
Neil Postman, Technopoly:
The Surrender of Culture to Technology, Vintage Books (New York, 1993).
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Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing
MIT Government
Information Awareness
Wikipedia
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September 22, 2003 - Law of E-Government
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Federal E-Government Act of 2002 (excerpts)
Federal eGovernment Initatives
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Government Portals
New York City
Firstgov.gov
Seoul, South Korea OPEN
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September 29, 2003 - Law of E-Government
and Information Law
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Excerpts from Marc Rotenberg
and Daniel Solove, Information Privacy Law (Aspen
Publishers, 2002). Chapter on public sector records and computer data bases.
European Commission Green Paper
on Public Sector Information in the Information Society
Privacy Act of 1974
and Freedom of Information Act
provisions (FOIA)
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Weblogs and Open Publishing
Slashdot and LawMeme
Instapundit and Homeless Guy Blog
Public Library of Science
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October 6, 2003 - Law of
E-Democracy: Citizen Consultation
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Administrative Procedure Act (excerpts)
Steven M. Johnson, The Internet
Changes Everything: Revolutionizing Public Participation and Access
to Governmental Information Through the Internet, 50 Admin. L. Rev.
277 (1998)
Thomas Beierle, Democracy On-Line:
An Evaluation of the National Dialogue on Public Involvement in
EPA Decisions (executive summary only)
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Public Consultation
EPA National Dialogue Experiment
City of Tampere, Finland, Urban Planning Interactive Game
E-Vote
Europe 2003
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October 13, 2003 - Electronic Rulemaking
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Finish Rulemaking
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October 20, 2003 - Law of E-Democracy:
E-Voting
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Pippa Norris, "E-Voting as
the Magic Ballot,"
KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP02-016, April 2002.
(excerpts)
Paul Schwartz, Electronic
Voting and Democracy (excerpts)
E-Gov Voting Links and Resources
Tele-Democracy Action News and Network and Tele-Democracy Electronic Voting Site |
Voting
www.election.com
www.vivarto.com
www.leagueofwomenvoters.org
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October 27, 2003 - Participative
Practice
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Oren Perez, Electronic Democracy
as a MultiDimensional Praxis, 4 N.C. J. of L. &
Technology, No. 2, 275-306, (2003).
Beth Noveck, Citizen Participation
in Electronic Rulemaking (excerpt)
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Off-Line Models
for Citizen Consultation
Weblab
Connecticut Policy
and Economic Council, City Scan Project (on
CD)
Jefferson
Center for Public Participation |
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November 3, 2003 - Technologies
for Justice
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Designing the Virtual Courthouse:
JAD Session
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Law, Technology and the Courts
Court Technology
Lab
LegalXML
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November 10, 2003 - Designing for Democracy
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Steven Johnson, Interface
Culture, 1-42 plus 1 chapter
PAPER DRAFTS DUE
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E-Democracy and Development OR New Decisionmaking
Tools
TBD
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November 14, 2003 - Conference:
Videogames and the Law
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Conference Reading Packet
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Attendance Required for Panel on
Games and Governance
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November 17, 2003 - Team Meetings
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Team Meeting
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Community Building
E-Bay
Friendster
e-thepeople
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November 24, 2003 - New Forms
of Democratic Practice
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Howard Rheingold, Smart Mobs(excerpts)
Jordan, et al. The Augmented
Social Network: Building Identity and Trust into the Next Generation
Internet, 1-26
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Activism
Moveon
Meet-Up
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December 1, 2003 - Presentations
(class will begin at 1 pm)
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PROJECT PRESENTATIONS AND FINAL
PAPERS DUE
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