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---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [Gov2.0Australia] Fwd: Call for Book Chapters - E-Governance and Civic Engagement From: "Matt Moore" <innotecture@gmail.com> Date: Mon, February 22, 2010 7:59 am To: gov20canberra@googlegroups.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FYI From: Aroon Manoharan <apm750@YAHOO.COM> Date: February 22, 2010 5:27:30 AM GMT+11:00 To: SOCNET@LISTS.UFL.EDU Subject: [SOCNET] Call for Book Chapters - E-Governance and Civic Engagement Reply-To: Aroon Manoharan <apm750@YAHOO.COM> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: March 15, 2010 E-Governance and Civic Engagement: Factors and Determinants of E-Democracy A book edited by Dr. Aroon Manoharan and Dr. Marc Holzer To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=792 Introduction Governments across the world are rapidly transforming to Internet to provide public services and public administrators are increasingly implementing various strategies to enable this transformation. The move towards e-governance not only impacts the efficiency and effectiveness of public service but also has the potential to transform the nature of government interactions with both individuals and businesses. E-governance includes both e-government (delivery of public service) and e-democracy (citizen participation in governance). In the development of e-democracy, information disclosures and two-way communication are prerequisites for establishing and sustaining a high quality of political debate. The Internet is also a convenient mechanism through which government can conduct citizen-participation exercises with the potential to decentralize decision-making. The use of information and communication technology also facilitates effective public reporting by the government to ensure an informed citizenry. Objective of the Book The proposed publication will focus on how governments across the world engage their citizens online and the resulting impact on citizens. The book will consist of chapters from academicians and practitioners on online civic engagement that specifically examine how e-governance facilitates – online public reporting by governments to their citizens, online citizen participation in decision-making and citizen satisfaction with e-governance. The book will focus on issues and challenges involving adoption and implementation of online civic engagement initiatives globally, and will help guide governments in their transformation to e-governance. Target Audience The prospective audience for the edited book will be academicians, practitioners, and government officials primarily in the information technology and e-governance field across the world. Another audience would be scholars and practitioners from the fields of civic engagement, performance management, public relations, and related fields. The publication will be used in academic libraries, and will form part of the curriculum for courses relating to e-governance, civic engagement, citizen participation, public relations, and performance measurement among others. In addition to existing publications, the proposed book will provide a unique focus on public reporting/e-reporting and citizen satisfaction with online governance along with online citizen participation. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - Online Civic Engagement - Online Decision Making - E-Participation and E-Deliberation - E-Governance and Citizen Trust - Online Privacy/Security - E-Governance and Digital Divide - Accessibility and Usability Issues - Performance Measurement Indicators - E-Governance and Citizen Satisfaction - E-Reporting and Performance Reporting - E-Governance and Public Relations - Transparency Issues in E-Governance - Accountability Issues in E-Governance - E-Petition and E-Rulemaking - Electronic Voting/Opinion Polls - Online Political Activism - Online networks and social capital - Web 2.0 - Non Internet-based Technology - Mobile Government - Customer Relationship Management - Open Source Solutions - Comparative E-Governance Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 15, 2010, a 1-2 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 1, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 15, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011. Important Dates March 15, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline April 1, 2010: Notification of Acceptance July 15, 2010: Full Chapter Submission September 30, 2010: Review Results Returned November 30, 2010: Final Chapter Submission December 30, 2010: Final Deadline Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: Dr. Aroon Manoharan Department of Political Science 302 Bowman Hall Kent State University, Kent OH 44242 USA Fax: 330-672-3362 amanohar@kent.edu apm750@yahoo.com _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to listserv@lists.ufl.edu containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. -- Matt Moore M. +61 (0) 423 784 504 matt@innotecture.com.au -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gov2.0Australia" group. 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