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e-Democracy: A Group Decision and Negotiation-Oriented Overview

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This chapter provides an overview of the fields of e-participation and e-democracy and set them up in the context of group decisions and negotiations. It provides also a broad overview for the rest of the book, introducing the forthcoming chapters.

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Acknowledgements

The work of DRI was supported by grants from ESF, the Spanish Government and e-Democracia-CM. The work of SF was supported by grants from ESF and Research Councils UK.

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  1. Royal Academy of Sciences, Madrid, Spain

    David Ríos Insua

  2. Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK

    Simon French

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    David Rios Insua

  2. Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Booth Street W., Manchester, M15 6PB, United Kingdom

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Insua, D.R., French, S. (2010). e-Democracy: A Group Decision and Negotiation-Oriented Overview. In: Rios Insua, D., French, S. (eds) e-Democracy . Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9045-4_1

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