1. ePart 2009: Linz, Austria

Ann Macintosh, Efthimios Tambouris (Eds.): Electronic Participation, First International Conference, ePart 2009, Linz, Austria, September 1-3, 2009, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5694 Springer 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-03780-1

Research Review and Outlook

Ann Macintosh, Stephen Coleman, Agnes Schneeberger:
eParticipation: The Research Gaps. 1-11
Åke Grönlund:
ICT Is Not Participation Is Not Democracy - eParticipation Development Models Revisited. 12-23
Georg Aichholzer, Doris Allhutter:
Public Policies on eParticipation in Austria. 24-35
Anna Carola Freschi, Rony Medaglia, Jacob Nørbjerg:
A Tale of Six Countries: eParticipation Research from an Administration and Political Perspective. 36-45
Øystein Sæbø, Jeremy Rose, Tom Nyvang:
The Role of Social Networking Services in eParticipation. 46-55
Ursula Maier-Rabler, Christina Neumayer:
eParticipation for Political Education: Challenges and Opportunities. 56-66

Eleni Panopoulou, Efthimios Tambouris, Maria Zotou, Konstantinos A. Tarabanis:
Evaluating eParticipation Sophistication of Regional Authorities Websites: The Case of Greece and Spain. 67-77
Andrea Resca:
Enacting e-Participation Tools: Assemblages in the Stream of Life. 78-89
Åke Grönlund, Joachim Åström:
DoIT Right: Measuring Effectiveness of Different eConsultation Designs. 90-100
Kim Normann Andersen, Rony Medaglia:
The Use of Facebook in National Election Campaigns: Politics as Usual?. 101-111
Fiorella de Cindio, Cristian Peraboni:
Fostering e-Participation at the Urban Level: Outcomes from a Large Field Experiment. 112-124

Euripidis Loukis, Alexandros Xenakis, Nektaria Tseperli:
Using Argument Visualization to Enhance e-Participation in the Legislation Formation Process. 125-138
Peter Teufl, Udo Payer, Peter Parycek:
Automated Analysis of e-Participation Data by Utilizing Associative Networks, Spreading Activation and Unsupervised Learning. 139-150
Sabrina Scherer, Christoph Neuroth, Günther Schefbeck, Maria Wimmer:
Enabling eParticipation of the Youth in the Public Debate on Legislation in Austria: A Critical Reflection. 151-162
Noella Edelmann, Johann Hoechtl, Peter Parycek:
eParticipation for Adolescent Citizens (in Austria). 163-174
Debbie Rodan, Mark Balnaves:
Democracy to Come: Active Forums as Indicator Suites for e-Participation and e-Governance. 175-185