The Internet, democracy and democratisation, Peter Ferdinand; paradoxical partners - electronic communication and electronic democracy, Beth Noveck; democratising democracy - strong democracy, US political campaigns and the Internet, Jennifer Stromer-Galley; revitalising the party system or zeitgeist On-line? virtual party headquarters and virtual party branches in Germany, Christoph Bieber; the politics of African America On-line, Rohit Lekhi; the neo-Nazis and Taliban On-line, Peter Chroust; the Internet in Indonesia's new democracy, David T. Hill, Krishna Sen; the electronic republic? the role of the Internet I promoting democracy in Africa, Dana Ott, Melissa Rosser; Tibet, democracy and the Internet Bazaar, John Bray.