As promised, here is my list of primary voting projects: http://zelea.com/w/Stuff:List_of_primary_voting_projects I define "primary voting" as a more-or-less continuous process of voting in which the results are not decisive. Its purpose is to build up a normative consensus or mutual understanding prior to a decision. The decision itself is usually expressed through a separate mechanism, as with an election, voting assembly or other authority. Please let me know if I missed any projects. Or just edit the list directly (it's in a wiki). -- Michael Allan Toronto, +1 416-699-9528 http://zelea.com/ Michael Allan said:
Hello Katja,
I am looking for studies of online public consultation processes, either in the context of e-democracy or in commercial contexts.
Furthermore, are you aware of free/open source systems for that purposes?
On the e-democracy side, there is Votorola. It's only a prototype. http://zelea.com/project/votorola/home.html
There are many others. I plan to compile a list of those that include a strong facility of voting, or opinion expression. I'll post a link in a week or two, in case it's helpful.
-- Michael Allan
Toronto, +1 416-699-9528 http://zelea.com/
Katja Mayer said:
Dear all,
I am looking for studies of online public consultation processes, either in the context of e-democracy or in commercial contexts.
Furthermore, are you aware of free/open source systems for that purposes?
I will collect your answers and make them available to the list asap.
Thank you very much for your help!
Katja
PS: A short remark to my last question: I still owe the list a collection of replies to the question of the terminology origins and usage of "informatisation" and I am still working on this, since there has been opening up a whole universe of literature that I was not aware of.... (e.g. teleworking in the 1980s.....)...
--- Dr. Katja Mayer Department of Social Studies of Science and Technology University of Vienna, Austria http://homepage.univie.ac.at/katja.mayer