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  1. Civil Society can be loosely described as ‘that which is not government and not business’. The term has been given increasing global prominence by the United Nations conducted World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS—http://www.itu.int/wsis). The definition given by WSIS covers a number of ‘families’ including academia and education, science and technology, creators and promoters of culture, trade unions, media, NGOs and social movements.

  2. For more background see http://www.rheingold.com/index.html.

  3. “Visions and Roadmaps for Sustainable Development in a Networked Knowledge Society”. Report of a workshop, Brussels-EU Chapter of the Club of Rome and ‘Factor 10 Institute’, February 2002.

  4. Schuler defines civic intelligence as the ability of humankind to use information and communication in order to engage in collective problem-solving. For a more detailed explanation, see http://www.scn.org/commnet/civic-intelligence.html.

  5. Homo economicus or Economic man, is a term used for an approximation of Homo sapiens that acts to obtain the highest possible well-being based only the consideration of his own personal "utility function” that does not consider the well-being of others. It assumes that individuals possess perfect self-interest, perfect rationality and perfect information. See http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-homoeconomicus.htm for a detailed discussion.

  6. See for example Pinder Net Challenge to bureaucrats, Australian 4 May 2004. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/.

  7. http://www.cities-lyon.org.

  8. http://www.socitm.gov.uk/Public/whos+who/chris+haynes.htm.

  9. From the BBC’s award-wining TV series Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.

  10. http://fastlink.headstar.com/edem3.

  11. See for example http://www.worldbank.org/ckln-; Institute for Connectivity in the Americas http://www.icamericas.net/index.php?newlang=eng&POSTNUKESID=f5966a5f4869d1a8c4d249cf01c31e30; telecentres of the Americas http://www.tele-centers.net.

  12. See for example the model developed by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) for emerging definitions of civil society and engagement http://www.itu.int/wsis.

  13. The statement is available through the Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) http://ciresearch.net.

  14. http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/project/.

  15. See for example http://www.drc-gb.org.

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Taylor, W.J., Marshall, S. & Amiri, S. The e-volution of the i-society in the delivery of e-government. AI & Soc 25, 359–368 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-010-0288-0

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