TY - T1 - Pirate Parties : The Social Movements of Electronic Democracy SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/311499 T3 - A1 - Khutkyy, Dmytro A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - Contemporary technologies facilitate democratic participation in a digital form. And Pirate Parties claim to represent such an empowered electronic democracy. Thereby this study examines whether Pirate Parties are actually social movements practicing and promoting electronic democracy. For this aim, the research applies the 'real utopias' framework exploring desirable, viable, and achievable alternative social designs. In terms of methods, the inquiry is based on the analysis of expert interview... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - democracy; e-democracy; participatory democracy; political parties; social movements; 517 Political science N1 - PP - ER -