European E-Democracy In Practice

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
 Introduction  (Leonhard Hennen, Iris Korthagen, Ira van Keulen, Georg Aichholzer, Ralf Lindner, Rasmus Ø. Nielsen)....Pages 1-8
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
 E-Democracy: Conceptual Foundations and Recent Trends  (Ralf Lindner, Georg Aichholzer)....Pages 11-45
 E-Democracy and the European Public Sphere  (Leonhard Hennen)....Pages 47-91
 Experience with Digital Tools in Different Types of e-Participation  (Georg Aichholzer, Gloria Rose)....Pages 93-140
Front Matter ....Pages 141-141
 Introduction to the Case Study Research  (Ira van Keulen, Iris Korthagen)....Pages 143-149
 Parliamentary Monitoring  (Iris Korthagen, Hade Dorst)....Pages 151-162
 Informal Agenda Setting  (Ira van Keulen, Iris Korthagen)....Pages 163-175
 Formal Agenda Setting (National and Local Level)  (Iris Korthagen, Gloria Rose, Georg Aichholzer, Ira van Keulen)....Pages 177-207
 Formal Agenda-Setting (European Level)  (Gloria Rose, Ira van Keulen, Georg Aichholzer)....Pages 209-236
 Non-binding Decision-Making  (Iris Korthagen, Casper Freundlich Larsen, Rasmus Ø. Nielsen)....Pages 237-271
 Binding Decision-Making  (Kerstin Goos, Iris Korthagen)....Pages 273-291
Front Matter ....Pages 293-293
 Assessing Tools for E-Democracy: Comparative Analysis of the Case Studies  (Iris Korthagen, Ira van Keulen)....Pages 295-327
 Options for Improving e-Participation at the EU Level  (Rasmus Ø. Nielsen, Leonhard Hennen, Iris Korthagen, Georg Aichholzer, Ralf Lindner)....Pages 329-359