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Electronic Democracy and Young People (2003)
Journal Article
Macintosh, A., Robson, E., Smith, E., & Whyte, A. (2003). Electronic Democracy and Young People. Social Science Computer Review, 21(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439302238970

This article examines action to address young people’s apathy to the democratic process and politics in general, by considering possibilities for using information and communication technology to engage young people. The article describes two e-democ... Read More about Electronic Democracy and Young People.

E-voting: the powerful symbol of e-democracy (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, E., & Macintosh, A. (2003). E-voting: the powerful symbol of e-democracy. In R. Traunmueller (Ed.), Electronic Government: Second International Conference, EGOV 2003, Prague, Czech Republic, September 1-5, 2003, Proceedings (240-245). https://doi.o

This paper focuses on an Internet-enabled remote voting system for a young people's parliament in the Highland region of Scotland. The parliament was established to increase young people's participation in local government. Two elections have been he... Read More about E-voting: the powerful symbol of e-democracy.