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New community networks: wired for change
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Information technology and computer applications in public administration
Teledemocracy in local government
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Toward the European information society
Communications of the ACM
ICTs, bureaucracies, and the future of democracy
Communications of the ACM
Building the European Information Society for Us All Final Policy Report of High-Le
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Electronic Government: Design, Applications and Management
Electronic Government: Design, Applications and Management
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Governance lessons from the experience of telecentres in Kerala
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Exploring Online Structures on Chinese Government Portals
Social Science Computer Review
DoIT Right: Measuring Effectiveness of Different eConsultation Designs
ePart '09 Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Electronic Participation
An overview assessment of ePetitioning tools in the english local government
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International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Supply of and demand for e-democracy: A study of the Swedish case
Information Polity
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The concepts of electronic government and electronic democracy have common roots in that electronic government must rest on, and support, democratic principles. This article discusses how the components of a democratic society are treated as they are built into the emerging electronic infrastructures, dealing with services and dialogues pertinent to the functioning of the public sector, and tries to find emerging patterns. This article opens a discussion on the nature of the emerging infrastructures by reviewing four implementations of local e-democracy and putting them into the context of global e-government development, in particular the European Union's development of"eEurope." It is found that the cases represent different models of democracy, models that are only partially explicit. The development is governed more by gradual implementation of information and communication technology than a general political agenda. This means local actors have great influence, and hence, e-democracy is not deterministic; it can come in many shapes.