[ecrea] Call International Journal of E-Politics IJEP

Call for Papers ? International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

> Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association
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> <http://www.igi-global.com/>www.igi-global.com/IJEP
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> Editor-in-Chief: Celia Romm Livermore
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> Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)
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> International Editorial Review Board:
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> Advisory board members
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> Ada Scupola, Carol Saunders, Christine Williams, 
> Lynne Markus, Philip Ein-Dor, Prashant Palvia, 
> Robert Davison, Ron Rice, Shailendria Palvia, Shezaf Rafaeli, Steven Gordon
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> Associate editors
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> Andrea Calderaro, Arik Ragowsky, Balaji 
> Rajagopalan, Cathy Urquhart, Changchit 
> Chuleeporn, Christopher Reddick, Dave Oliver, 
> Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, Isaac Mostovicz, Jack 
> Quarter, Joan Francesc Fondevila i Gascón, Joy 
> Peluchette, Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Katherine 
> Karl, Laurie Schatzberg, Linda Coleman, Luciano 
> Paccagnella, Myles Stern, Nada Kakabadse, Nava 
> Pliskin, Nico Carpentier, Nicolas Ducheneaut, 
> Pippa Norris, Ramesh Srinivasan, Sandy Staples, 
> Stephen Fox, Tim Roberts, Toni Somers, Toru Sakaguchi
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> MISSION OF IJEP:
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> The primary objective of the International 
> Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) is to lay the 
> foundations of E-Politics as an emerging 
> interdisciplinary area of research and practice, 
> as well as, to offer a venue for publications 
> that focus on theories and empirical research on 
> the manifestations of E-Politics in various 
> contexts and environments. E-Politcs is defined 
> as influence attempts facilitated by or related 
> to electronic media or to the information 
> technology field. As such, it is seen as 
> interdisciplinary, encompassing areas such as 
> information systems, political science, social 
> science (psychology, sociology, and cultural 
> studies), security, ethics, law, management and others.
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> RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
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> Topics to be discussed in this journal include 
> (but are not limited to) the following:
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> The politics of the IT function and its role in organizations
>    * The political activities of members of the 
> IT function vis-à-vis the rest of the organization
>    * Changes in the power of the IT unit as a 
> function of the diffusion of new technologies
>    * The strategies used by members of the IT unit to influence others
>    * The impact of global issues such as 
> outsourcing, downsizing, political upheavals, 
> etc. on the political role played by the IT unit within organizations.
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> The politics of virtual communities
>    * The use of electronic media for industrial 
> relations and negotiations with employers
>    * The use of electronic media for 
> surveillance manipulation and harassment in 
> commercial and non-commercial environments
>    * The impact of status and authority on 
> electronically enabled political maneuvering by 
> management and the effects of culture, race, 
> and gender on political activities within and between organizations.
>    * The political dynamics of geographically 
> based communities (community informatics)
>    * The political dynamics of virtual 
> communities of practice, including: learning 
> communities, customers? communities, eDating 
> communities, gaming communities, support group 
> communities, social networking communities, etc.
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> Party politics and social activism
>    * eVoting and electronically enabled eGovernment
>    * The role electronic media in political 
> campaigns. Including their impact on political 
> debate, information sharing, political decision making, fund raising, etc.
>    * As electronically enabled party 
> politicking is becoming a global phenomenon, 
> the utilization of E-Politcs at all levels of 
> governance, including the city, the state, the 
> country and the global arenas.
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> SUBMITTING TO IJEP:
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> Prospective authors should note that only 
> original and previously unpublished articles 
> will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST 
> CONSULT THE JOURNAL?S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT 
> SUBMISSIONS at 
> <http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines%20submission.pdf>http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines 
> submission.pdf PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. All article 
> submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 
> members of the Editorial Review Board of the 
> journal for double-blind, peer review. Final 
> decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection 
> will be based on the reviews received from the 
> reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded 
> electronically to <mailto:(ak1667 /at/ wayne.edu)>(ak1667 /at/ wayne.edu).
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> PUBLISHER:
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> The International Journal of E-Politics is 
> published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group 
> Inc.), publisher of the ?Information Science 
> Reference? (formerly Idea Group Reference) and 
> ?Medical Information Science Reference? 
> imprints. For additional information regarding 
> the publisher, please visit <http://www.igi-pub.com/>www.igi-global.com.
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> All inquiries and submissions should be directed to the attention of:
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> Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)
> Editor-in-Chief
> International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)
> School of Business Administration
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
> E-mail address: <mailto:(ak1667 /at/ wayne.edu)>(ak1667 /at/ wayne.edu)
> www.igi-global.com/IJEP

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