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2016
Book Article
Title

Outlook: The way forward for European e-democracy

Abstract
"Electronic Democracy in Europe" investigates the current state and potentials of e-democracy in Europe from three partially overlapping and interlocking perspectives e-public, e-participation and e-voting. The final chapter of this book summarises the main results of the preceding analyses and combines a prospective outlook with recommendations for future pathways towards a meaningful integration of e-democracy in European politics. In order to stimulate the further formation of a European public sphere via (e-)participation and reaping the benefits of participatory potentials with the aim of strengthening democracy at the European level, the authors call for an integrative approach which brings together top-down and bottom-up initiatives, and fosters the linkability of existing partial publics and political processes at different institutional levels. Based on the analyses of electronic, Internet-based remote voting, the authors highlight numerous unresolved issues concerning cost-benefit considerations, technical feasibility and, most importantly, political legitimacy. On balance, the large-scale and mandatory introduction of e-voting systems in binding elections for public office cannot be recommended at present.
Author(s)
Lindner, Ralf  orcid-logo
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI  
Aichholzer, Georg
ITA, Wien
Beckert, Bernd  orcid-logo
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI  
Goos, Kerstin
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI  
Hennen, Leonhard
ITAS, Karlsruhe
Strauß, Stefan
ITA, Wien
Mainwork
Electronic democracy in Europe  
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-27419-5_5
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI  
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