[ecrea] CFP Special issue on Immigrant Inclusion by E-Participation - International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

Calls for Papers (special): International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

SUBMISSION DUE DATE: February 1, 2012

SPECIAL ISSUE ON Immigrant Inclusion by E-Participation

Guest Editors: Itir Akdogan, Mauri Kaipainen, Sonia Sousa, and Ilona Tikka

INTRODUCTION:
Immigrant Inclusion by e-Participation (IIeP) is a multi-stakeholder
regional project
that addresses immigrant communities and public authorities in Estonia,
Finland and
Sweden. The aims of the project include bridging the tools, activities, and
concepts of
citizen communities, on one hand, and the governments top-down
participation practices
and technologies on the other, in terms of interoperability and integration
of
technologies. The Joint International Workshop on Immigrant Inclusion by
e-Participation
was organized within the project framework in 2-3 November 2011 at the
University of
Helsinki in Finland. The workshop gathered authorities on national and
local levels
involved in e-democracy and e-governance, immigrant and multicultural
non-governmental
organizations, and researchers in e-democracy and inclusion of immigrants
in
participatory decision-making processes in order to create a discussion
forum and
interaction between authorities, NGO actors and immigrant societies on
immigrant
inclusion by e-participation.

OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:
This special issue aims at sharing the discussions of the event with the
international
research community, but even at elaborating the subject in a wider spectrum
with
contributions from researchers in this field who were not present at the
workshop. The
special issue will thus bring together various perspectives on how
authorities and
immigrants may use new information and communication technologies for more
inclusive and
democratic societies.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited
to) the
following:

Activism, initiative citizenship, and immigrants
Challenges and limitations of e-participation
Empowerment of immigrants in e-participation
Governmental and municipal e-participation
Hate speech online
Immigrants public e-participation awareness
Inclusion vs. exclusion of immigrants online
Non-governmental organizations and e-participation
Political e-participation of immigrants
Promotion of  social interaction and civic engagement
Transnational identities, diaspora, and use of social media

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special
theme issue
on Immigrant inclusion by e-participation on or before February 1, 2012.
All submissions
must be original and may not be under review by another publication.
INTERESTED AUTHORS
SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNALS GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf.  All
submitted
papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must
follow APA
style for reference citations.

All submissions should be directed to the attention of:

Itir Akdogan, Mauri Kaipainen, Sonia Sousa, and Ilona Tikka
Guest Editors

E-mail:(itir.akdogan /at/ helsinki.fi)<https://webmail.helsinki.fi/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX.Sent&index=5289#>


Ms.Itir Akdogan

Researcher
Department of Social Research/Media and Communication Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Helsinki - Finland



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