Cyberspace and electronic democracy: formation of phenomena and scientific categories

In the article the author briefly describes the process of cyberspace formation and e-democracy development in recent years. The author argues that e-democracy as a phenomenon of the modern world must be investigated in the context of wider category of democracy. He explains two major paradigms of interpretation both of democracy and e-democracy. In conclusion the final definition is given on the basis of main features essential to e-Democracy.