TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lindner,Ralf
AU  - Aichholzer,Georg
AU  - Hennen,Leonhard
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Electronic Democracy in Europe: Prospects and Challenges of E-Publics, E-Participation and E-Voting 
SN  - 9783319274195 (ebook: PDF)
U1  - 321.8 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing (Imprint)
KW  - Democracy
KW  - European Economic Community lite
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - Acknowledgements -- Electronic Democracy in Europe. An Introduction -- Part I: The E-Public in Europe -- Part II: E-Participation -- Part III: E-Voting
N2  - 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 impact that Internet-based political participation processes may have on modern-day representative democracy in Europe. A unique, holistic approach is taken to examine e-democracy's current state and prospects in Europe from three, partially overlapping and interlocking perspectives: e-public, e-participation and e-voting. The authors provide both theory-inspired reflections on e-democracy's contribution to the formation of the European public sphere, as well as rich empirical analyses of contemporary e-participation phenomena such as the European Citizens' Initiative or e-voting practices in Estonia. Based on the presented findings, the concluding chapter combines a prospective outlook with recommendations for future paths towards meaningful integration of e-democracy in European politics and governance
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27419-5
ER  -