Electronic Voting and Democracy: A Comparative Analysis

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