[ecrea] Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Politics in the Information Age, Springer, Deadline: Nov. 30, 2011

Call for Book Chapter Proposals:  Politics in the Information Age,
Springer, Chapter Proposal Deadline:  Nov. 30, 2011

It would be appreciated if you could forward this call for chapter
proposals to anyone who might be interested.


Editors:  Jonathan Bishop and Ashu M. G. Solo

Publisher:  Springer

Publisher Web Site:http://springer.com

Web Site for Call for Chapter Proposals:http://polnetics.com

Email Address for Submissions:(submissions /at/ polnetics.com)

Email Address for Inquiries:(jonathan.bishop /at/ polnetics.com)


Book Purpose

Technology and particularly the Internet have brought about many changes
in the realm of politics.  Recent revolutions in many countries in the
Middle East and North Africa have started in large part due to social
networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter.  Social networking has
also played a role in protests and riots in numerous countries.  The
whistleblower Web site Wikileaks has had a tremendous impact in exposing
government corruption.  Politicians and candidates use their own Web
sites and social networking profiles to get their message out.  The
mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on political commentary as
anybody can set up a blog or post an article or video online.  Political
activists can network together online.  Voting is often done using
electronic voting machines, which has created many problems.  In the
future, voting will likely be done over the Internet, but there are many
issues that need to be worked out.  Internet freedom and equal access
are important issues that have many facets.  These kinds of issues will
be studied in the research book Politics in the Information Age being
edited by A. M. G. Solo and J. Bishop.


Chapter Proposal Submissions

Please email chapter proposals including an abstract (approximately 100
words) and short professional biographies of the chapter authors to
(submissions /at/ polnetics.com)  by November 30, 2011.


Potential Topics

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Political Revolutions, Political Protests, and Citizen Activism in the
Information Age
-- role of social networking in political revolutions
-- role of social networking in political revolutions in the Middle East
and North Africa
-- role of social networking in political protests
-- role of social networking in political riots in the U.K.
-- online petitions
-- political blogs
-- online political videos
-- political vlogs
-- case studies
-- future research directions

Whistleblowing in the Information Age
-- Wikileaks
-- whistleblower Web sites
-- transparency
-- advantages and disadvantages of transparency
-- whistleblowing
-- whistleblower protection
-- whistleblower prosecution
-- whistleblower persecution
-- lawsuits against whistleblowers
-- case studies
-- future research directions

Political Campaigns in the Information Age
-- online campaigning
-- online campaigning using social networking
-- online campaigning using multimedia tools
-- political activism on the Internet
-- political debates on the Internet
-- e-participation
-- virtual town hall
-- case studies
-- future research directions

Voting in the Information Age
-- e-voting
-- remote e-voting over Internet
-- e-voting advantages and risks
-- electronic voting theft
-- stolen elections through e-voting
-- electronic instant runoff voting (IRV)
-- case studies
-- future research directions

Internet Freedom
-- global access to information
-- equal access to information
-- government restriction on access to Web sites
-- freedom to connect on the Internet
-- freedom to organize on the Internet
-- net neutrality
-- privacy issues in the information age
-- right to privacy on the Internet
-- citizen surveillance on the Internet
-- warrantless wiretapping
-- freedom of expression in the information age
-- free speech in the information age
-- Internet censorship
-- freedom of religion on the Internet
-- netizen rights
-- domain name seizures without due process
-- disability accommodation in technology usage
-- Internet access in prisons
-- digital divide
-- case studies
-- future research directions


Tentative Deadlines

Chapter proposal deadline:  November 30, 2011
Full chapter deadline:  March 31, 2012
Chapter review deadline:  June 15, 2012
Chapter review results returned:  June 30, 2012
Chapter revisions deadline:  August 31, 2012


Editors

Jonathan Bishop
Chartered IT Professional Fellow of BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT
Fellow of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and
Commerce
Town Councillor for Treforest, Wales
Director of Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning
Systems (Crocels), Swansea University
Company Secretary at Glamorgan Blended Learning Ltd.
Mailing Address:  Centre for Research into Online Communities and
E-Learning Systems, Owain Glyndwr House, ILS Building, Swansea
University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP Wales, U.K.

Ashu M. G. Solo
Fellow of British Computer Society
Principal/R&D Engineer at Maverick Technologies America Inc.
Principal/Intelligent Systems Instructor at Trailblazer Intelligent
Systems, Inc.
Director of Solo Research Lab, Owain Glyndwr House, Swansea University
and Maverick Technologies America Inc.
Former Platoon Commander Understudy in Cdn. Army Reserve Infantry
Mailing Address:  Maverick Technologies America Inc., Suite 808, 1220
North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 U.S.A.