%0 Journal Article
%T To ¡°e-¡± or not to ¡°e-¡±: Re-locating innovation in ¡°electronic¡± decision-making
%A Ben Li
%J eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government
%D 2010
%I Danube-University Krems
%X This paper presents evidence from three global democratic organizations that ¡°e-¡± is not a relevant modifier of decision-making concepts related to ¡°democracy¡±. Defining ¡°e-¡± as shorthand for decision-making skills and tools enabled by ICTs, including computer-mediated communication (CMC), it tests whether ¡°e-¡± is an ¡°incremental¡± innovation augmenting existing capabilities of democracy as a decision-making tool. It finds that ¡°e-¡° acts as a ¡°radical¡± innovation to democratic decision-making tools by providing different capabilities than democracy. It also finds that indicators of good democratic decision-making (participation, sustainability, and impact) say little about the ability of ¡°e-¡± to achieve the same desirable goals aspired by democracy.
%K Innovation
%K Internet
%K decision-making
%K democracy
%K computer-mediated communication
%U http://www.jedem.org/article/view/40