HICSS 40 E-Democracy minitrack

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40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 40)
Electronic Government Track
E-Democracy minitrack

E-Democracy focuses on the use of information and communication technologies to support the democratic decision-making processes and to allow more effective and transparent engagement between government, business, NGOs and citizens.
This mini-track focuses on the growing number of digital-government e-democracy applications. Over the last few years e-democracy has received increasing attention from both government and academic researchers. Both national and local governments worldwide are initiating e-democracy strategies and piloting e-democracy initiatives.

Research questions include, but are not limited to:
How can technology facilitate public discourse among citizens and between government and all stakeholders, encouraging deliberation on public issues?
How do we develop and deploy technology to support the electoral process such that it provides secure and trustworthy voting environments?
What structures and decision-making processes do we need to adapt to ensure the effective use of e-democracy methods?
What are the emerging best practices?
How do we evaluate e-democracy?
How do we assess the impact of e-democracy on political decision-making?
What is the societal effect of technology on the democratic process?

Minitrack Co-chairs
Suzanne Beaumaster (Primary Contact), Chair, DPA Program, Department of Public Administration, University of La Verne, 2220 3rd StreetLa Verne, CA 91750, USA
Tel: +1-909-593-3511 ext. 4817 Fax: +1-909-596-5860 beaumast@ulv.edu ; www.ulv.edu/cbpm/pa/faculty/beaumaster.phtml

Ann Macintosh, International Teledemocracy Centre, Napier University,
10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, UK Tel: +44(0)-131-455-2421 Fax: +44(0)-131-455-2282
A.Macintosh@napier.ac.uk

Eric Welch, Department of Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago,
412 South Peoria Street,Room 140, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Tel: +1-312-413-2416 Fax: +1-312-996-8804 ewwelch@uic.edu