Perfect information, perfect democracy, perfect competition - politics and the impact of New ICTs, Rachel Gibson, Stephen Ward; Whitehall on-line - joined-up government?, Paul Nixon; local government and ICTs - 21st century governance?, Janie Percy-Smith; Parliament in the information age - the case of Westminster and Holyrood, Stephen Coleman; the courts, the Internet and citizen participation, Clive Walker; British party activity in cyberspace - new media, same impact?, Rachel Gibson, Stephen Ward; environmentalists and the Net - pressure groups, new social movements and new ICTs, Jenny Pickerill; the Web wars - the European commission and British governments' policy responses to the Internet, Mark Wheeler; policing the Internet - concerns for cyber-rights, Yaman Akdeniz; the political impact of the Internet - the American experience, Richard Davis; conclusions - modernizing without democratizing?, Rachel Gibson, Stephen Ward.