Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-290) and index.
Preface / David Taras -- Introduction / Stephen Ward -- 1. Chile: Promoting the Personal Connection - The Internet and Presidential Election Campaigns / Taylor C. Boas -- 2. Australia: Potential Unfulfilled? The 2004 Election Online / Rachel Gibson and Ian McAllister -- 3. Singapore: Elections and the Internet - Online Activism and Offline Quiescence / Randolph Kluver -- 4. Indonesia: Electoral Politics and the Internet / David T. Hill -- 5. United States: Internet and Elections / Diana Owen and Richard Davis -- 6. Canada: Party Websites and Online Campaigning During the 2004 and 2006 Federal Elections / Tamara A. Small, David Taras and David Danchuk -- 7. The United Kingdom: Parties and the 2005 Virtual Election Campaign - Not Quite Normal? / Stephen Ward, Rachel Gibson and Wainer Lusoli -- 8. Spain: Cyberquake in a Soft Democracy? The Role of the Internet in the 2004 General Elections / Jose-Luis Dader -- 9. Belgium: Websites as Party Campaign Tools - Comparing the 2000 and 2006 Local Election Campaigns / Marc Hooghe and Sara Vissers -- 10. Netherlands: Digital Campaigning in the 2002 and 2003 Parliamentary Elections / Gerrit Voerman and Marcel Boogers -- 11. Italy: The Evolution of E-campaigning 1996-2006 / Sara Bentivegna -- 12. Germany: Online Campaign Professionalism in the 2002 and 2005 National Elections / Eva Johanna Schweitzer