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call for academic articles on eParticipation

09:51, 7 December 2006

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Call for articles for a special issue of the Journal of Information Technology and Politics (JITP) on "Understanding eParticipation" -- efforts to broaden and deepen participation in societal decision making processes by enabling citizens to connect with one another, with public officials and with their elected representatives using information and communication technologies. Processes involved include both directly political ones such as petitioning and consultations and indirectly political ones such as city planning processes. (I checked with the guest editors: their definition of eParticipation includes online volunteers for advocacy groups/efforts and for nonprofits who are engaged in a politically-related activity).Topics include but are not limited to:

• Current and emergent eParticipation technological infrastructures;
  
• Current and emergent eParticipation methods;
  
• Criteria and methods for evaluation of eParticipation initiatives to be undertaken in a systematic and standardised way;
  
• The business case of eParticipation: Drivers and barriers;
  
• Theories and contextual analysis of eParticipation.

Manuscripts should have significant theoretical and empirical roots, preferably in both social/political science and IT, but should at least contain significant content in both areas. Authors must submit an article to the special issue editors by February 1, 2007. Submission will be double-blind reviewed by regular JITP reviewers. Notification of review results will be sent out by March 30, 2007. Authors may be asked to revise their paper. Please see the JITP author formatting and writing guidelines. The JITP publishes individually- and jointly-submitted research papers of exceptional quality from any disciplinary background focused on topics related to the interface between information technology (IT) and politics. Research papers are theory-driven manuscripts, focusing on an important intersection of politics and IT and reporting substantial findings of interest to a broad community of researchers, practitioners, and students. JITP seeks in particular manuscripts that provide cutting-edge theories, methods, and findings for the study of IT and politics. More information.
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