JOACHIM ÅSTRÖM Department of Social Sciences, University of Örebro, SwedenHUBERTUS BUCHSTEIN Professor of Political Science, University of Greifswald, GermanyWOLFGANG DRECHSLER Department of Public Administration, University of Tartu, EstoniaHANS GESER Department of Political Science, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandCAROLYN HRIBAR Department of Political Science, Kent State Uniersity, Ohio, USAKIMMO GRÖNLUND Department of Political Science, Abo Akademi University, Turku, FinlandPIA KARGER Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin, GermanyROBERT KOFLER Institute for Information Economics, Vienna University of Economics and BA, AustriaROBERT KRIMMER Institute for Information Economics, Vienna University of Economics and BA, AustriaRONALD LEENES Department of Law, Twente University, Enschede, NetherlandsÜLLE MADISE Executive Secretary and Advisor, Constitutional Committee, Estonian Parliament, EstoniaRAMONA S. MCNEAL Department of Political Science, Kent State University, Ohio, USAPIPPA NORRIS John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University USAJAN OLSSON Department of Social Sciences, University of Örebro, SwedenLAWRENCE PRATCHETT Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UKALEXANDER PROSSER Institute for Information Economics, Vienna University of Economics and BA, AustriaMAIJA SETÄLÄ Department of Political Science, University of Turku, FinlandFRED L. SOLOP Department of Political Science, University ofNorthern Arizona, USAJÖRGEN S. SVENSSON Department of Sociology, Twente University, Emschede, NetherlandsCAROLINE J. TOLBERT Department of Political Science, Kent State University, Ohio, USAMELVIN WINGFIELD Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK