TY - JOUR AU - Li, Ben PY - 2010/09/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - To “e-” or not to “e-”: Re-locating innovation in “electronic” decision-making JF - JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government JA - JeDEM VL - 2 IS - 2 SE - Special Issue: Research Papers DO - 10.29379/jedem.v2i2.40 UR - https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/40 SP - 145-161 AB - <!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: ">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.</span><!--EndFragment--> ER -