[esocialaction] FW: [CI] [Fwd: CFP - Understanding eParticipation - Special Issue of JITP]

[Walker, Steve]

May be of interest,
 
Steve
 
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Steve Walker, Senior Lecturer
Leeds Metropolitan University
School of Information Management
Phone: (44) 113 283 7448
Skype: steve_walker

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From: Michel J. Menou [mailto:Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr]
Sent: Thu 7/12/06 14:15
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Subject: [CI] [Fwd: CFP - Understanding eParticipation - Special Issue of JITP]





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Sujet:  CFP - Understanding eParticipation - Special Issue of JITP
Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:36:35 -0500
De:     Stuart Shulman <stuart.shulman at gmail.com>
Répondre à:     Shulman at pitt.edu
Pour:   shulman at pitt.edu



Call for articles to be published in a special issue of the
Journal of Information Technology and Politics (JITP)
  
"Understanding eParticipation"

Special Issue Guest Editors:
Ann Macintosh - mailto: A.Macintosh at napier.ac.uk
<mailto:A.Macintosh at napier.ac.uk>
Åke Grönlund - mailto:ake.gronlund at esi.oru.se
<mailto:ake.gronlund at esi.oru.se>

eParticipation describes efforts to broaden and deepen participation in
societal decision making processes by enabling citizens to connect with
one another, with public officials and with their elected
representatives using information and communication technologies.
Processes involved include both directly political ones such as
petitioning and consultations and indirectly political ones such as city
planning processes.

eParticipation is an exciting and challenging research area, which
requires a novel combination of technical, social and political
measures. This special issue discusses the core and the borders of the
research field by means of theoretical and empirical contributions.

Topics include but are not limited to:
* Current and emergent eParticipation technological infrastructures;
* Current and emergent eParticipation methods;
* Criteria and methods for evaluation of eParticipation initiatives to
be undertaken in a systematic and standardised way;
* The business case of eParticipation: Drivers and barriers;
* Theories and contextual analysis of eParticipation.

Manuscripts should have significant theoretical and empirical roots,
preferably in both social/political science and IT, but should at least
contain significant content in both areas.

Submission
Authors must submit an article to the special issue editors by February
1, 2007. Submission will be double-blind reviewed by regular JITP
reviewers. Notification of review results will be sent out by March 30,
2007. Authors may be asked to revise their paper. Revised and
copy-edited manuscripts must be submitted by May 1, 2007. For formatting
and writing guidelines, please consult the JITP author guidelines at
http://www.jitp.net/files/instructions.pdf.

The Journal of Information Technology and Politics (JITP) publishes
individually- and jointly-submitted research papers of exceptional
quality from any disciplinary background focused on topics related to
the interface between information technology (IT) and politics. Research
papers are theory-driven manuscripts, focusing on an important
intersection of politics and IT and reporting substantial findings of
interest to a broad community of researchers, practitioners, and
students. We seek in particular manuscripts that provide cutting-edge
theories, methods, and findings for the study of IT and politics. For
more information, see: http://www.jitp.net.



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Dr. Stuart W. Shulman
Assistant Professor
School of Information Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Director, Qualitative Data Analysis Program
http://qdap.ucsur.pitt.edu
University Center for Social and Urban Research
University of Pittsburgh
121 University Place, Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412.624.3776 (v) 412.624.4810 (f)
http://shulman.ucsur.pitt.edu
Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics
http://www.jitp.net

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Dr. Michel J. Menou
Visiting Professor, SLAIS, University College London, U.K.
Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management
Adviser of Somos at Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org
Member of the founding steering committee of
Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/
B.P. 15
F-49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France
Email: micheljmenou [at] gmail.com
Michel.Menou [at]wanadoo.fr
Phone: +33 (0)2 41511043
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/research/ciber/ciberpeople/menou/
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