Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee

Inquiry into Electronic Democracy

Discussion paper, October 2002

[Table of Contents]

Attachment 4

Bibliography – further reading

The following resources on the Internet provide entry points into the literature on electronic democracy. The list is by no means exhaustive. Items are groups in terms of the major emphasis.
A4.1 Electronic democracy overviews
Electronic Democracy – The Future Can Wait
www.stats.org/asides/evote.htm
Internet Voting : Socio-political Considerations
www.democraciaweb.org/demo2paper19.htm
Electronic Democracy
www.unt.edu/UNT/departments/CC/Benchmarks.benchmarks_html/sum96/edemcrcy.htm
World Forum on Electronic Democracy, Paris 11-12 April 2002
www.issy.com/e-democratie/open2002html
eGovernment
http://eurpoa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=SPEECH/01319?0?RAPID&1g=EN
Test Voting via Digital TV
www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172559.html
Five Myths of Online Activism
www.e-thepeople.org
Bowling together
www.bowlingtogether.net/
Public-Government Relationship
www.kettering.org/Programs/Government.government.html
Teledemocracy – can Wired Democracy Work?
http://hoshi.cic.sfu.ca/~cm/issue5/teledemocracy.html
Electronic Voting – Is It a Good Idea?
www.publicdebate.com.au/is/696/index.html
Electronic Democracy – A Literature Survey
www.scottlondon.com/reports/ed/html
A Typology of Electronic Democracy
www.uni-giessen.de/fb03/vinci/labore/netz/hag_en.htm
Website of Number 10 Downing Street
www.number10.gov.uk

A4.2 Major Themes

Information
Why IT is Bad for Democracy
www.democraciaweb.org/demo2paper7.htm
Political Portals
www.democraciaweb.org/demo2paper15.htm
Two Web-based Australian Experiments in Electronic Democracy
ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw99/papers/geiselhart.paper.html
Cyberhoax
www.unt.edu/UNT/departments/CC/Benchmarks.benchmarks_html/sum96/hoax.htm
Congressional Websites must provide Basic Data
www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171764.html
CONNECS
http://europa.euint/comm.civil_society/connecs.index.htm
Singapore unveils rules for E-campaigning
http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/industry/0,39001143,38025935,00.htm
E-lections Not on the Cards in Singapore
http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/industry/0,39001143,38025196,00.htm
edemocracy
www.democracy.org.uk/home.html

Interaction
Virtual Politics (customised campaigns)
www.democraciaweb.org/demo2paper7.htm
Electronic Democracy – Civic Exchange in Cyberspace
www.uni-bielefeld.de/ZIF/E1Dem_ai.html
CONNECS
http://europa.euint/comm.civil_society/connecs.index.htm
edemocracy
www.democracy.org.uk/home.html
Democratization of Systems of Public Opinion Formation
www.dar.cam.ac.uk/gsa1001/Paper1.html
Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World
www.ksg.harvard.edu/stratcom/hpg/
Five Myths of Online Activism
www.e-thepeople.org
Let’s talk Policy
www.kablenet.com/kd.nsf/Frontpage/8B9F5F9884B188CA80256B290043D95F?OpenDocument
Bowling together
www.bowlingtogether.net/
Minnesota e-democracy
www.e-democracy.org/about.html
Sample Discussion Group on E-Government
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ElectronicGovernment/

Decision Making
Why IT is Bad for Democracy
www.democraciaweb.org/demo2paper7.htm
Email Overload in Congress
www.democraciaweb.org/demo2paper20.htm
Interactive Policy Making
http://ipmmarkt.homestead.com/index~ns4.html
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal-market/en/update/citizen/ipm.htm
Your Voice in Europe
http://europa.eu.int/yourvoice/index_en.htm
Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World
www.ksg.harvard.edu/stratcom/hpg/
Principles of E-policy Making
http://213.38.88.195/coi/coipress.nsf/ca6626e6d81644d880256735005705da/f0ad47c1c2f2cc8f80256b280041fd47?OpenDocument
Bill seeks e-Congress Study
www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1217/web-econg-12-18-01.asp
Minnesota e-democracy
www.e-democracy.org/about.html
Privacy Forum : An Experiment in Electronic Democracy
www.media-awareness.ca/eng/issues/priv/resource/forumrpt.htm
Electronic Civic Consultation
www.minbzk.nl/international/documents/pub907.htm
A4.3 Implementation

Access and educational / social factors
Organisational Strategy for Electronic Democracy
www.ctcnet.org/stevemil.html
Building Citizen-based Electronic Democracy Efforts
www.e-democracy.org/intl/library/build.html
Cyberdemocracy : Truth or Fiction?
http://hoshi.cic.sfu.ca/~cm/issue5/schreck.html
Electronic Democracy – An Opportunity fir the Community to improve its Power of Governance
www.naturespace.co.nz/ed/edov.htm
Electronic Democracy Toolkit
www.well.com/user/hlr/electrondemoc.html

Implementation - legal and regulatory factors
The Democracy Amendment
www.vote.org
National Initiative for Democracy
http://p2dd.org/nationalinitiative/actionplan.htm
The Electronic Democracy
www.electronic-democracy.com

Implementation - infrastructure
Is Virtual Voting ready for Real Time?
www.democraciaweb.org/demo2paper13.htm
Political Portals
www.democraciaweb.org/demo2paper15.htm
Community Networks and Electronic Democracy : A User’s Guide
www.essential.org/cac/commnet.html
E-lections Not on the Cards in Singapore
http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/industry/0,39001143,38025196,00.htm
edemocracy
www.democracy.org.uk/home.html
Democratization of Systems of Public Opinion Formation
www.dar.cam.ac.uk/gsa1001/Paper1.html
Test Voting via Digital TV
www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172559.html
Bill seeks e-Congress Study
www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1217/web-econg-12-18-01.asp
Electronic Voting – Is It a Good Idea?
www.publicdebate.com.au/is/696/index.html
Electronic Democracy – New Zealand
www.naturespace.co.nz/ed/
THOMAS – Legislative Information Service of US Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/