We ask how these forces function in the case of the transition from state-socialism, and seek to develop a theoretical and empirical basis for studying the impact of IT on Third Sector organizations. Information technology has enabled NGOs to become effective and widespread. We want to know what new kinds of organizational interfaces connect these heterogeneous actors and whether they develop and deepen non-electoral democratic participation. This class has several unique characteristics. A second is its eventual role as the first stage of a larger research project into the use of information technology in the transition to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.
All methodological approaches are welcome.
We invite students from international and public affairs, sociology, political science, anthropology, science and technology studies and any other discipline with an interest in issues related to this course.