Electronic Voting and Democracy: A Comparative Analysis

by N. Kersting (Editor), H. Baldersheim (Editor)

Overview

Electronic and internet voting has become increasingly widespread in recent years, but which countries are the leaders of the movement and who lags behind? Is the digital divide likely to present a permanent challenge to electronic democracy? What are the experiences with regard to online voting, and what are the arguments for and against? Electronic Voting and Democracy examines these issues and the contexts in which they are played out, such as problems of legitimacy and the practical considerations that have driven some countries toward electronic voting faster than others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403936783
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/18/2004
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	309
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

JOACHIM ÅSTRÖM Department of Social Sciences, University of Örebro, Sweden HUBERTUS BUCHSTEIN Professor of Political Science, University of Greifswald, Germany WOLFGANG DRECHSLER Department of Public Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia HANS GESER Department of Political Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland CAROLYN HRIBAR Department of Political Science, Kent State Uniersity, Ohio, USA KIMMO GRÖNLUND Department of Political Science, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland PIA KARGER Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin, Germany ROBERT KOFLER Institute for Information Economics, Vienna University of Economics and BA, Austria ROBERT KRIMMER Institute for Information Economics, Vienna University of Economics and BA, Austria RONALD LEENES Department of Law, Twente University, Enschede, Netherlands ÜLLE MADISE Executive Secretary and Advisor, Constitutional Committee, Estonian Parliament, Estonia RAMONA S. MCNEAL Department of Political Science, Kent State University, Ohio, USA PIPPA NORRIS John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University USA JAN OLSSON Department of Social Sciences, University of Örebro, Sweden LAWRENCE PRATCHETT Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK ALEXANDER PROSSER Institute for Information Economics, Vienna University of Economics and BA, Austria MAIJA SETÄLÄ Department of Political Science, University of Turku, Finland FRED L. SOLOP Department of Political Science, University ofNorthern Arizona, USA JÖRGEN S. SVENSSON Department of Sociology, Twente University, Emschede, Netherlands CAROLINE J. TOLBERT Department of Political Science, Kent State University, Ohio, USA MELVIN WINGFIELD Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Preface PART I: ISSUES AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS Electronic Voting and Democratic Issues: An Introduction; N.Kersting & H.Baldersheim Cyber Citizens: Mapping Internet Access and Digital Divides in Western Europe; K.Grönlund Online Democracy: Is it Viable? Is it Desirable? Internet Voting and Normative Democratic Theory; H.Buchstein PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES Electronic Voting in the United States: At the Leading Edge or Lagging Behind?; F.I.Solop Electronic Voting in Switzerland; H.Geser Electronic Voting in Estonia; W.Drechsler & Ü.Madise Electronic Voting in Austria: Current State of Public Internet Elections; A.Prosser, R.Krimmer & R.Kofler Electronic Voting in Finland: The Internet and its Political Applications; M.Setälä & K.Grönlund Electronic Voting in Germany: Political Elections Online - Utopia or the Future?; P.Karger Electronic Democracy in Sweden: Hare or Tortoise?; J.Olsson & J.Åström Electronic Voting in the United Kingdom: Lessons and Limitations from the UK Experience; L.Pratchett & M.Wingfield PART II: STUDIES ON ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION AND DIGITAL DIVIDES Will New Technology Boost Turnout? Evaluating Experiments in UK Local Elections; P.Norris Citizen Attitudes About Online Voting; R.S.McNeal, C.Hribar & C.J.Tolbert Digital Democracy Comes of Age: Internet Voting and the 2000 Arizona Democratic Primary Election; F.I.Solop Internet Voting Behaviour: Lessons from a German Local Election; N.Kersting PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Adopting Electronic Voting: Context Matters; N.Kersting, R.Leenes & J.S. Svensson