Contributors from public administration, business, information, electronics, and computers report on efforts by governments of industrial and non-industrial countries around the world to facilitate active citizen participation online. Highlighting the unique determinants and challenges in different global regions, they consider such topics as online political participation in the 2008 US presidential election, a systems theory approach to electronic voting complexity, implications of electronic government in Botswana, electronic democracy strategies for empowerment and civic participation in India, and lessons from the United Arab Emirates on social media corporate policies for government organizations. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)