[ecrea] Call for Papers ? The International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

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



Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association

<http://www.igi-global.com/>www.igi-global.com/IJEP



Editor-in-Chief: Celia Romm Livermore

Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)



International Editorial Review Board:



Advisory board



Ada Scupola, Carol Saunders, Christine Williams, 
Lynne Markus, Philip Ein-Dor, Prashant Palvia, 
Robert Davison, Ron Rice, Shailendria Palvia, 
Shezaf Rafaeli, Steven Gordon, Symour (Sy) Goodman



Associate editors



Anastasia Deligiaouri, Anastasia Kavada, Andrea 
Calderaro, Arik Ragowsky, Balaji Rajagopalan, 
Carlo Bellini, Cathy Urquhart, Changchit 
Chuleeporn, Christopher Reddick, Dave Oliver, 
Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, Isaac Mostovicz, Itir 
Akdogan, Jack Quarter, Jens Hoff, Joan Francesc 
Fondevila i Gascón, Joy Peluchette, Karine 
Barzilai-Nahon, Katherine Karl, Lakshmi Iyer, 
Laurie Schatzberg, Linda Coleman, Lorenzo Mosca, 
Luciano Paccagnella, Marick Masters, Myles Stern, 
Nada Kakabadse, Nava Pliskin, Naveed Baqir, Nico 
Carpentier, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Pierluigi Rippa, 
Pippa Norris, Ramesh Srinivasan, Sandy Staples, 
Stephen Fox, Tim Roberts, Toni Somers, Toru Sakaguchi, Yana Breindl



MISSION OF IJEP:



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.



RECOMMENDED TOPICS:

Topics to be discussed in this journal include 
(but are not limited to) the following:



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.



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.



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.



SUBMITTING TO IJEP:



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 Celia Romm Livermore at 
<mailto:(ak1667 /at/ wayne.edu)>(ak1667 /at/ wayne.edu).



PUBLISHER:

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.



All inquiries and submissions should be directed to the attention of:




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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