Electronic Participation Second International Conference, ePart 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 29 - September 2, 2010. Proceedings

Foundations and Visionary.- Towards a Systematic Exploitation of Web 2.0 and Simulation Modeling Tools in Public Policy Process.- Don’t Vote, Evolve!.- The Use of Expressives in Online Political Talk: Impeding or Facilitating the Normative Goals of Deliberation?.- ICT’s for Democracy in Latin America?.- eParticipation Initiatives.- eParticipation Initiatives in Europe: Learning from Practitioners.- Tracking and Explaining E-Participation in India.- e-Participation Experiences and Local Government in Catalonia: An Explanatory Analysis.- The AUGMENT Project: Co-constructive Mapping and Support of Accessibility and Participation.- Genres of Participation in Social Networking Systems: A Study of the 2009 Norwegian Parliamentary Election.- Political Deliberation in the Blogosphere: The Case of the 2009 Portuguese Elections.- Understanding and Evaluating eParticipation.- On Sustainable eParticipation.- Widening the Disciplinary Scope of eParticipation. Reflections after a Research on Tourism and Cultural Heritage.- A Survey on Participation at Geneva’s Constituent Assembly.- A Regional Model for E-Participation in the EU: Evaluation and Lessons Learned from VoicE.- Service Guidelines of Public Meeting’s Webcasts: An Experience.- Information and Communication Technologies and eVoting.- Semantic Web Standards and Ontologies for Legislative Drafting Support.- Using Gis Tools to Support E_Participation – A Systematic Evaluation.- Do Voting Advice Applications Have an Effect on Electoral Participation and Voter Turnout? Evidence from the 2007 Swiss Federal Elections.- An Integrated Application of Security Testing Methodologies to e-voting Systems.