Why Political Institutions Are Adapting to Network Society
For centuries, traditional political institutions—parliaments, public ministries, political parties, and judicial bodies—operated under a model of hierarchical control. They functioned like bureaucratic fortresses: slow-moving, centralized, and designed for a world where information flowed top-down through physical media and formal administrative channels. Today, the rapid rise of the network society—driven by digital platforms, decentralized online communities,…