Public Debate about the Setting-Up of Wind Turbines in Atrebatie

Over recent years, traditional modes of political management have been vastly improved & completed by a series of procedures which provide more room for citizen participation prior to the decision. The equipments needed for information and for the publicity of causes & their discussion are drawn from a huge pool of innovations. In this article, drawing on the case of a debate organized by elected officials who were backing a controversial local development project -- namely, the development of a site for wind turbines in the north of France -- we wish to examine how Information & Communication Technologies assisted the public debate on this proposal & to demonstrate how ICTs use is binding the management of the democratic procedure as a whole. Adapted from the source document.