e-Democracy A Group Decision and Negotiation Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rios Insua, David (Editor), French, Simon (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation, 5
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Political science.; Computers and civilization.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Game theory.; Applications of Mathematics.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Political Science.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Computers and Society.

Web-based interactions to support participation and deliberative democracy, called e-participation and e-democracy, are coming and coming fast. In some instances, the Internet is already permeating politics. However, it is far from clear if the processes involved in these interactions are meaningful...

Table of Contents:

• Political Bases
• e-Democracy: A Group Decision and Negotiation-Oriented Overview
• Concepts in Democratic Theory
• Participatory Processes and Instruments
• Methodological Bases
• Problem-Structuring Methods for e-Democracy
• Decision Support Systems
• Collaborative Decision Analysis and e-Democracy
• Voting Theory
• Real-World Decision Aiding: A Case in Participatory Water Management
• Technological Bases
• The Internet and the Web
• e-Participation: A Discursive Approach
• e-Negotiation Systems for e-Participation
• Web-Based Decision Support: Creating a Culture of Applying Multi-criteria Decision Analysis and Web-Supported Participation in Environmental Decision Making
• A Generic System for Remote e-Voting Management
• Explanation Systems
• Case Studies
• Transparent Public Decision Making: Discussion and Case Study in Sweden
• From Participatory to e-Participatory Budgets
• Internet Voting in Estonia
• Consensus Building by Blended Participation in a Local Planning Process: The Case of the Public Stadium Swimming Pool in Bremen
• Future Prospects
• e-Democracy: The Road Ahead.