Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin America

Anita Breuer is Senior Researcher at the German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany, where her research focuses on the role of the Internet and social media in democracy promotion. Yanina Welp is Regional Director for Latin America at the Centre for Research on Direct Democracy (c2d, University of Zurich) and Academic Program Manager of a Swiss doctoral program focused on Latin America at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.

• 1. Digital Trends in Latin American Politics (1990-2012) 2. A Latin Spring? Examining Digital Diffusion and Youth Bulges in Forecasting Political Change in Latin America 3. A Digital Sublime or Divide? The Impact of Information Communication Technology on the Poor in Latin America. 4. Designing Open Data Policies in Latin America 5. Some Notes on the Experiences with the Use of Technology and Electronic Voting in Latin America 6. South American Politics in the Information Age. A Study of Political Parties and MPs on the Net in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay 7. Crafting a new parliamentary dialogue sphere? The web and political communication in the current Venezuelan National Assembly 8. Social movements, democratic participation and ICTs 9. Social Change and Social Media: Incorporating Social Networking Sites into Activism in Latin America 10. Slacktivism or Efficiency-Increased Activism? Online Political Participation and the Brazilian Ficha Limpa Anti-Corruption Campaign 11. Social Media and Diaspora Activism: Participating in the Argentine Elections 2011 from Abroad 12. Claiming Citizenship: Web-based voice and digital media in socialist Cuba 13. Re-assessing ICT for democratic governance in Latin America (Editors’ conclusions)