The Digital Citizen(ship)

Politics and Democracy in the Networked Society

Luigi Ceccarini, Professor of Politics and Head of the School of Political and Social Studies, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy. He is researcher at LaPolis and Demos&Pi, and co-editor of the journal ComPol, Comunicazione Politica

This cutting-edge book explores the diverse and contested meanings of ‘citizenship’ in the 21st century, as representative democracy faces a mounting crisis in the wake of the digital age. Luigi Ceccarini enriches and updates the common notion of citizenship, answering the question of how it is possible to fully live as a citizen in a post-modern political community.

“数字公民(船)Luigi Ceccarini是atimely and informative book.’
– Davide Vittori, Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica

‘What does it mean to be a “good online citizen”? While it has become a commonplace to say that the Internet is profoundly changing our political and social lives, few commentators have delved into the full ramifications of its implications for citizenship as thoroughly as Luigi Ceccarini does here in this richly documented account.’
– Colin Crouch, University of Warwick, UK and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany