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Can the Internet use democratizes society?

· Sebastián Rojo · EN · Markdown

I am convinced, a deep democracy promotes the welfare of all people actively involved in the democratic process. Some years ago while reading the book Why Nations Fail. Suggested the deep relationship between poverty and lawlessness in the building of democratic institutions.

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Addition I am a hacktivist of the free Culture and I believe in the power of the Internet to make democratic changes on society.

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To address this question, I will conduct research supported in the dataset of Gapminder.

The variables chosen are.

  • **Internetuserate: **
    2010 Internet users (per 100 people) Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • polityscore:
    2009 Democracy score (Polity)
    Overall polity score from the Polity IV dataset, calculated by
    subtracting an autocracy score from a democracy score. The summary
    measure of a country’s democratic and free nature. -10 is the lowest
    value, 10 the highest.

Some source of similar issues: 

  1. Can the Internet Democratize Capitalism?
    Autor:    Yanis Varoufakis
    link: http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2014/02/22/can-internet-democratize-capitalism/
  2. The Internet’s Effect on Civil Society Development & Democratization
    Autor: James Warycha
    link: http://www.albany.edu/honorscollege/files/Warycha_thesis.docx