Electronic Democracy in Europe Prospects and Challenges of E-Publics
This edited book is the first of its kind to systematically address the intersection of e-democracy and European politics. It contributes to an improved understanding of the role that new media technologies play in European politics and the potential impa
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Prospects and Challenges of E-Publics, E-Participation and E-Voting
Electronic Democracy in Europe
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Ralf Lindner • Georg Aichholzer • Leonhard Hennen Editors
Electronic Democracy in Europe Prospects and Challenges of E-Publics, E-Participation and E-Voting
Editors Ralf Lindner Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) Karlsruhe Germany
Georg Aichholzer Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA), Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna Austria
Leonhard Hennen ITAS, c/o Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT) Bonn Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-27417-1 ISBN 978-3-319-27419-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-27419-5
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Acknowledgements
This book had its origin in a research project commissioned and funded by the Science and Technology Options Assessment Unit (STOA) of the European Parliament. We would like to, first and foremost, thank the STOA Panel, the STOA Bureau and the STOA Secretariat for initiating and accompanying the underlying research project including the organisation of two workshops at the European Parliament. Our thanks also go to the members of the European Parliament who participated in these workshops and contributed to the discussions. We are also indebted to all the experts and colleagues who contributed to the workshops at the European Parliament as speakers, commentators and discussants, in particular to Ru¨diger Grimm (University of Koblenz), Barbara Simons (IT security expert, formerly IBM Research), Peter Purgathofer (Vienna University of Technology), Alexander Prosser (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Anne-Marie Oostv
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