A role-based mobile-agent approach to support e-democracy
Applied Soft Computing
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Political participation in a modern, federal state is acomplex business for an average educated citizen.These circumstances support political abstinence:Statistical studies prove the fact that as far as votesand elections are concerned, which are the most easyway to participate, the participation in votes andelections declined 20% respectively about 40%.Since 1900. Therefore it is necessary to search fornew ways to reduce the political abstinence and tomotivate citizens to participate in political processes.In this context eDemocracy is an often discussedoption. It allows new forms of political participationand thus can ease the access to and the integration ofpersons and institutions into political processes."mDemocracy" " as an addition to the eDemocracy" persecutes this aim, to simplify both the access toand the participation in political discussions andproblems.In this paper we discuss the role of mobile technol-ogyin democratic processes. Further we outline thelegal restrictions as well as technical and politicalrequirements. In particular we analyse where the useof mobile devices can weaken shortcomings of thedemocratic process supported by non-mobile devices.