Epolitics Technology in American Government Book

	Acknowledgment	vii
Chapter 1	Introduction	1
	The Blessings and Curses of Technological Development	1
	Capturing and Assessing a Moving Target	4
	Justification and Theoretical Approaches	5
	The Plan of the Book and Summary of the Chapters	6
Chapter 2	E-government	11
	Electronic Government	12
	Government Structure	13
	The Federal Government	16
	Government and Business	37
	Government to Government	39
	History	40
	The Dream	40
	Digital Divide	41
	Evaluating E-government	42
	Government	43
	Politics	44
	Citizens' Use of the Internet	45
	The Pay Off	46
	Other Areas	47
	Summary	48
Chapter 3	Technology and Democracy	49
	Equality	52
	Freedom and Scenarios	55
	Digital Divide	56
	Direct Participation	59
	Voting	60
	Information	61
	Political News	62
	Influencing Government	63
	Summary	65
Chapter 4	Electronic State and Local Government	69
	About the States	70
	The Local Governments	70
	The Digital Dominion	72
	Leading the Way	87
	Local Electronic Government	88
	Summary	101
Chapter 5	Congress and the Courts	103
	Congress	103
	The Courts	111
	Summary	121
Chapter 6	Political Participation and Voting	123
	Democratic Political Participation in America	123
	Democratic Political Participation in America and the Internet	129
	Types of Participation	130
	At Home vs. Home Voting: Another Perspective	133
	Arguments for and against Internet Voting	135
	The Internet and Information Gathering	136
	Volume of Participation	140
	Summary	147
Chapter 7	Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Social Movements	151
	Introduction	151
	Political Parties	154
	Interest Groups	161
	Social Movements	172
	Summary	176
Chapter 8	Campaigns and Elections	179
	Introduction	179
	Campaigns	181
	Impact on Elections	195
	General Conclusions about Internet Use in Campaigns	201
Chapter 9	The Media	205
	Introduction	205
	Traditional Media	209
	The Hypodermic Model	212
	The Minimal Effects Model	212
	The Theory of Agenda Setting	213
	The Theories of Priming and Framing	214
	New Media	217
	The Negative Effect of Profit on News Delivery	221
	Summary	231
Chapter 10	Future Technology and Government	233
	Immediate Future	233
	Efficiency	234
	Effectiveness	235
	Responsiveness	236
	Where Do We Go from Here?	239
	Summary	240
	References	243