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ISBN 10:      3319274198
ISBN 13: 978-3319274195
Author:       Ralf Lindner, Georg Aichholzer, Leonhard Hennen

Electronic Democracy in Europe Prospects and Challenges of E Publics E Participation and E Voting 1st Table of contents:

1: Electronic Democracy in Europe: An Introduction 1.1 The Debate on the Potential of the Internet to Change Politics
1.2 Electronic Democracy in the Context of European Politics: Towards Participatory Governance?
1.3 Plan of the Book
1.3.1 E-Public
1.3.2 E-Participation Practices in Europe
1.3.3 E-Voting: A Means to Increase Electoral Participation?
1.3.4 Outlook
References

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Part I: The E-Public in Europe

2: The European Public Sphere and the Internet
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Democratic Function of the Public Sphere
2.3 Democratic Governance and the Public Sphere in Europe
2.3.1 European Citizenship
– National and Transnational Citizenship
– EU Politics and Citizenship
– European Citizenship in the Making?
2.3.2 The Regulatory State and the European Civil Society
– Civil Society and the Character of EU Politics
– New Forms of Governance
2.3.3 The European Public Sphere: A Space for Deliberation?
– The Current State of a European Space for Political Communication
– A European Public Sphere in the Making?
2.4 The Internet as a Public Sphere
2.4.1 The Internet as a Platform for Political Deliberation
2.4.2 The Internet and the Transnational Public Sphere
2.5 Concluding Remarks
References

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Part II: E-Participation

3: Electronic Participation in Europe
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Role of E-Participation in the Democratic Process
3.2.1 Participatory Democracy in EU Governance
3.2.2 Levels and Types of E-Participation
3.2.3 Relevance Across the Policy Cycle
3.2.4 Functions and Potential Effects
3.2.5 Challenges and Pitfalls
3.3 The Scope of E-Participation
3.3.1 Governmental and Parliamentary E-Participation Activities
– E-Consultation
– E-Participatory Budgeting
– E-Petitions
– E-Deliberation
– Examples at Different Levels
– Democratic Potential and Empirical Studies
3.3.2 Electronic Participation Channels Offered by EU Institutions
– European Parliament
– European Commission
– European Citizens’ Consultations
– Steps Towards Evaluating E-Consultation Impacts
– European Ombudsman
3.3.3 Civil Society and NGO E-Participation Activities
– E-Activism, E-Campaigning, and Political Mobilisation
– The Arab Spring
– Relationships Between E-Campaigning and E-Petitions
– E-Participation as Continuous Discourse
3.3.4 Bridging Top-Down and Bottom-Up E-Participation?
3.4 The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI)
3.4.1 How Does the ECI Work?
3.4.2 Implementation in Member States
3.4.3 The Role of Supporting Electronic Tools
3.4.4 First Assessments of the ECI and Its Impact
– Challenges and Perspectives for Different Stakeholders
– Ongoing Improvement
3.5 European Good Practices in E-Participation
3.5.1 Selected Cases
– The Scottish ePetitioner
– Participatory Budgeting in Berlin City Districts
– www.TheyWorkForYou.com
– The Right2Water European Citizens’ Initiative
3.6 Concluding Remarks
References

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Part III: E-Voting

4: Electronic, Internet-Based Voting
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Definition of Electronic Voting
4.3 Theoretical Considerations
4.3.1 Legal Theory and Computer Science
– Universal Suffrage
– Equal Suffrage
– Secret Suffrage
– Direct Suffrage
– Free Suffrage
4.3.2 The Socio-cultural Context
– Digital Divide
– Symbolic Meaning of Elections
– Social Identity and Trust
4.3.3 Socio-political Context
– Types of Non-voters
– Explanations for Non-voting
4.4 Empirical Analysis
4.4.1 Analytical Framework
4.4.2 Case Studies
– Estonia
– The Netherlands
– Norway
– Switzerland
4.5 Discussion
4.6 Concluding Remarks: What Are the Consequences for E-Voting in Europe?
References

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5: Outlook: The Way Forward for European E-Democracy
5.1 E-Participation in Europe: Internet-Based Political Participation as a Pacemaker for a European
5.2 E-Voting in Europe: A Contribution to More Participation?
5.3 Concluding Reflections

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