James Crabtree

James Crabtree is an associate editor of openDemocracy, and a senior policy analyst at NDN, a think tank in Washington DC.

Civic hacking: a new agenda for e-democracy

Representative democracy seems troubled. People are ignoring it. It is not exactly hip with the kids. A little like the unfortunate uncle who gate crashed the party, it hangs around

By James Crabtree

/ 12 Jun 2007

The great election puzzle: reply to Carl Pope

"Global warming and energy policy are the major back-story in the United States's Iraq-focused mid-term elections," even though the story "is easy to miss."

By James Crabtree

/ 26 Oct 2006

Getting colder: climate change and America's elections

"One popular thing to do in American politics is to note that the summers in the United States over the past few years have been very warm. As a

By James Crabtree

/ 15 Oct 2006

Civic hacking: a new agenda for e-democracy

Representative democracy seems troubled. People are ignoring it. It is not exactly hip with the kids. A little like the unfortunate uncle who gate crashed the party, it hangs around

By James Crabtree

/ 6 Mar 2003

The Internet is bad for democracy

A dangerous consensus has come to pass. In the language of 1066 and All That, we have come to believe that the Internet will be a Good Thing for democracy.

By James Crabtree

/ 5 Dec 2002

The People vs Copyright - a primer

What is copyright? Copyright gives people who create books, music, plays, pictures or almost any other form of expression the right to control how their work is used, distributed or

By Paul Hilder, Bill Thompson and James Crabtree

/ 29 May 2002