Fernando Mendez (Edited by) , Alexander H. Trechsel (Edited by)

1. The European Union and E-voting: Upgrading Euro-Elections Fernando Mendez and Alexander H. Trechsel Part One: Political Outcomes 2. Internet Voting and the European Parliament Elections: Problems and Prospects Rachel Gibson 3. E-voting as the Magic Ballot for European Parlimentary Elections? Evaluating E-voting in the light of Experiments in UK Local Elections Pippa Norris 4. Second-Order Elections to the European Parliment: Is E-voting the Solution? Hermann Schmitt Part Two: Legal Considerations 5. Fundamental and Political Rights in Electronic Elections Pierre Garrone 6. Introducing E-voting for the European Parliment Elections: The Constitutional Problems Andreas Auer and Mario Mendez Part Three: Designing E-voting 7. Designning Internet Voting: The Potential Impact of a Pre-voting Public Sphere on Pre-electoral Opinion Formation Raphael Kies and Hanspeter Kriesi 8. Balancing Security and simplicity in E-Voting: Towards an Effective Compromise Lawrence Pratchett, Melvin Wingfield, N. Ben Fairweather and Simon Rogerson Part Four: Institutional Visions 9. E-Voting, E-democracy and EU-democracy: A Thought Experiment Philippe C. Schmitter 10. E-Voting: A new Political Institution for the Network Society? New Life for an Old Democratic Procedure Karl-Heinz Ladeur Epilogue: Internet Voting and Democratic Politics in an Age of Crisis and Risk Stephen Coleman

This is the first book to systematically evaluate e-voting from the wider European perspective. It focuses on the European experience, thereby raising key issues at the heart of the social sciences, legal scholarship and technology studies in a penetrating and interdisciplinary manner. It coincides with a crucial juncture for European integration in which the Convention on the Future of Europe and the 2004 Intergovernmental Conference will discuss measures to further democratize the EU.