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When the Party Mimics Facebook
In an edited excerpt from his new book “The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy”, Paolo Gerbaudo looks at the ways in which the so-called tech revolution is changing how political parties operate and the benefits and risks that come with it.