TED BECKER is Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. The author of eleven earlier books, including Quantum Politics (Praeger, 1991), he is also a political activist, trying to link teledemocracy, direct democracy, and environmental sustainability.CHRISTA DARYL SLATON is Director of the Masters in Public Administration program and Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. Among her earlier publications is Televote: Expanding Citizen Participation in the Quantum Age (Praeger, 1991).

• Introduction Introduction to the New Physics and New Democratic Paradigm The Emergence and Components of the New Democratic Paradigm: Historical Surges and Visions of the Future The New Physics as the Scientific Foundation for the New Democratic Paradigm Synergizing Teledemocracy: Scientific Deliberative Polling + Electronic Town Meetings + the Internet = Critical Mass Empowering Citizens by Televoting: Experiments in Scientific Deliberative Polling The Untapped Potential of Interactive TV Town Meetings and Public Hearings The First Step Toward Synergy: Collaborative Designs for Advanced, Genuine Electronic Town Meetings Beyond ETMs: Synergizing Future Teledemocracies via Computers The New Democratic Paradigm in the 21st Century The Future of Teledemocracy: Entering the Post-Hierarchical Age Bibliography Index

TED BECKER is Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. The author of eleven earlier books, including Quantum Politics (Praeger, 1991), he is also a political activist, trying to link teledemocracy, direct democracy, and environmental sustainability.CHRISTA DARYL SLATON is Director of the Masters in Public Administration program and Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. Among her earlier publications is Televote: Expanding Citizen Participation in the Quantum Age (Praeger, 1991).

• Introduction Introduction to the New Physics and New Democratic Paradigm The Emergence and Components of the New Democratic Paradigm: Historical Surges and Visions of the Future The New Physics as the Scientific Foundation for the New Democratic Paradigm Synergizing Teledemocracy: Scientific Deliberative Polling + Electronic Town Meetings + the Internet = Critical Mass Empowering Citizens by Televoting: Experiments in Scientific Deliberative Polling The Untapped Potential of Interactive TV Town Meetings and Public Hearings The First Step Toward Synergy: Collaborative Designs for Advanced, Genuine Electronic Town Meetings Beyond ETMs: Synergizing Future Teledemocracies via Computers The New Democratic Paradigm in the 21st Century The Future of Teledemocracy: Entering the Post-Hierarchical Age Bibliography Index

TED BECKER is Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. The author of eleven earlier books, including Quantum Politics (Praeger, 1991), he is also a political activist, trying to link teledemocracy, direct democracy, and environmental sustainability.CHRISTA DARYL SLATON is Director of the Masters in Public Administration program and Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. Among her earlier publications is Televote: Expanding Citizen Participation in the Quantum Age (Praeger, 1991).

• Introduction Introduction to the New Physics and New Democratic Paradigm The Emergence and Components of the New Democratic Paradigm: Historical Surges and Visions of the Future The New Physics as the Scientific Foundation for the New Democratic Paradigm Synergizing Teledemocracy: Scientific Deliberative Polling + Electronic Town Meetings + the Internet = Critical Mass Empowering Citizens by Televoting: Experiments in Scientific Deliberative Polling The Untapped Potential of Interactive TV Town Meetings and Public Hearings The First Step Toward Synergy: Collaborative Designs for Advanced, Genuine Electronic Town Meetings Beyond ETMs: Synergizing Future Teledemocracies via Computers The New Democratic Paradigm in the 21st Century The Future of Teledemocracy: Entering the Post-Hierarchical Age Bibliography Index