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Subject: THE HUMAN FACTOR
Do the promises and purposes of e-democracy offer a way to greater
transparency and accountability in governance?
Http://www.opendemocracy.net opens a debate across the frontiers of
technology and politics.
As both the threat of war and diplomacy intensify, we look at the UN,
Iraq, Iran.
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FROM e-DEMOCRACY TO e-TATORSHIP?
BILL THOMPSON launches a major debate on e-democracy: is it bad for us?
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=8&debateId=85&articl
eId=774
AFTER WAR, HUMANITARIAN DISASTER?
Weapons inspectors have landed in Baghdad; US war on Iraq is on course.
But who is preparing for the aftermath? PAUL ROGERS reports.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=771&id=2
WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE?
The US's policy on Iraq reveals that international law is evolving to
incorporate scientific standards. The logical consequence is to
constrain the action of powerful states, argues SHEILA JASANOFF and
DAVID WINICKOFF.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=9&debateId=86&articl
eId=762
FRANCE'S POKER DIPLOMACY WINS
In shaping the Security Council Resolution 1441 on Iraq, French
diplomacy served the global interest as well as its own, says PATRICE DE
BEER.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=77&articl
eId=769
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: SOUTH AFRICA, CHILE, CZECHLAND
Can truth-telling heal society's wounds? GEORGE LAWSON extends the
debate begun by Marina Warner on Sorry: the politics of apology.
MICHAEL REBEHN considers the moral ambiguities of the South African
process as he witnessed them.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=76&articl
eId=764
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=76&articl
eId=770
ART UNDER OCCUPATION
How does art survive unfreedom? OMAR AL-QATTAN observes the impact of
Sharon's West Bank policies on a new generation of Palestinian artists.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?id=1&articleId=768
DELIBERATELY EUROPE
The Convention on the Future of Europe is preparing an EU constitution.
Can it trust itself to become the public space of debate Europe needs,
asks CHRISTINE REH?
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=51&articl
eId=763
MUSLIMS IN EUROPE: BOSNIAN LESSONS
Is there a secure future for European Muslims beyond multiculturalism
and the ghetto? USMAN SHEIKH finds a surprising answer in Bosnia.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=5&debateId=57&articl
eId=765
GENETIC POWER:
Does market or government best protect individuals' genetic data asks
TOM MILLER? The human genome provides no miracle cures, argues says
ROGER TATOUD.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=9&debateId=79&articl
eId=773
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=9&debateId=79&articl
eId=767
GLOBOLOG
All human life is here. CASPAR HENDERSON's weekly survey of power, greed
and violence worldwide. Oh, and some of the other stuff.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=758&id=6
WORLD DIARY
DOMINIC HILTON mordantly illuminates the weekly burlesque of public
life.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/other_content/article.jsp?id=759&type=world
diary
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