Ann Macintosh & Efthimios Tambouris 
Electronic Participation 
5th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2013, Koblenz, Germany, September 17-19, 2013, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, e Part 2013, held in Koblenz, Germany, in September 2013. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of research in both social and technological scientific domains, seeking to demonstrate new theories, concepts, methods and styles of e Participation with the support of innovative ICT. They have been organized in the following topical sections: research directions, social media and e Participation, and online deliberation.