1st Edition

The European Union and E-Voting (Electronic Voting)

Edited By Fernando Mendez, Alexander H. Trechsel Copyright 2005
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is the first book to systematically evaluate e-voting from the wider European perspective. It focuses on the European experience, thereby raising key issues at the heart of the social sciences, legal scholarship and technology studies in a penetrating and interdisciplinary manner. It coincides with a crucial juncture for European integration in which the Convention on the Future of Europe and the 2004 Intergovernmental Conference will discuss measures to further democratize the EU.

    1. The European Union and E-voting: Upgrading Euro-Elections Fernando Mendez and Alexander H. Trechsel Part One: Political Outcomes 2. Internet Voting and the European Parliament Elections: Problems and Prospects Rachel Gibson 3. E-voting as the Magic Ballot for European Parlimentary Elections? Evaluating E-voting in the light of Experiments in UK Local Elections Pippa Norris 4. Second-Order Elections to the European Parliment: Is E-voting the Solution? Hermann Schmitt Part Two: Legal Considerations 5. Fundamental and Political Rights in Electronic Elections Pierre Garrone 6. Introducing E-voting for the European Parliment Elections: The Constitutional Problems Andreas Auer and Mario Mendez Part Three: Designing E-voting 7. Designning Internet Voting: The Potential Impact of a Pre-voting Public Sphere on Pre-electoral Opinion Formation Raphael Kies and Hanspeter Kriesi 8. Balancing Security and simplicity in E-Voting: Towards an Effective Compromise Lawrence Pratchett, Melvin Wingfield, N. Ben Fairweather and Simon Rogerson Part Four: Institutional Visions 9. E-Voting, E-democracy and EU-democracy: A Thought Experiment Philippe C. Schmitter 10. E-Voting: A new Political Institution for the Network Society? New Life for an Old Democratic Procedure Karl-Heinz Ladeur Epilogue: Internet Voting and Democratic Politics in an Age of Crisis and Risk Stephen Coleman

    Biography

    Fernando Mendez (Edited by) , Alexander H. Trechsel (Edited by)