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MISTICA: Call for Chapters: Latin America Online

From: Daniel Pimienta ([email protected])
Date: dom mar 21 2004 - 22:15:07 AST

>Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:52:47 +0100 (CET)
>From: <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: [Politicas-TIC-lac] Call for Chapters: Latin America Online
>
>CALL FOR CHAPTERS
>Submission deadline: July 1, 2004
>
>Latin America Online: Cases, Successes and Pitfalls
>A book edited by Mila Gasc�-Hern�ndez, International Institute on
>Governance of Catalonia, Barcelona (Spain)
>
>Introduction
>In the new era, access to the Internet and knowledge about the use of
>computers has become an expectation and an obligation for economic,
>social, political, and civic participation. In this sense, private
sector
>efforts are welcome, but public initiatives, among them the electronic
>government ones, are critical. Although several projects have been
carried
>out all over the globe, the development of e-government initiatives is
>unequal depending of the region of the world where they take place.
Thus,
>while countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Sweden,
>Singapore, Australia or Canada are the leaders when it comes to
implement
>these programs, the same cannot be said about most South American
nations.
>
>The Overall Objective of the Book
>This book is aimed at understanding how several Latin American
governments
>and public administrations have chosen to pursue their e-government
>initiatives. Therefore it aspires to describe how e-government
initiatives
>are taking place in several Latin American countries, to provide
>insightful analysis about those factors that are critical in an
>e-government design and implementation process, to discuss how
contextual
>factors affect e-government initiatives success or failure, to explore
the
>existence of a Latin American e-government model, and to propose
>strategies to move forward and to address future challenges.
>
>The Target Audience
>The book will be useful to politicians and public sector officials
(civil
>servants) who need a convenient source of information on what other
>governments are doing in terms of their e-government initiatives. It
will
>also provide insights and support to Latin American practitioners who
are
>looking for solutions to e-government initiatives being implemented by
>their administrations and private companies� executives, leaders and
>consultants who frequently liaise with government agencies to supply
>products or services or to carry out e-government projects. Finally, it
>will interest academicians, researches and students concerned about
>e-government.
>
>Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following:
>E-administration and back office initiatives
>Online information delivery
>Electronic service delivery
>Online transactions
>Online participation
>Electronic democracy
>E-government design and implementation
>Evaluation of e-government initiatives
>E-government country�s strategy
>Local e-government practices
>
>Please, note that we are looking for empirical experiences in any Latin
>American (Central America and Caribbean included) country.
>
>SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
>Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July
1,
>2004, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and
>concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be
>notified by August 1, 2004 about the status of their proposals and sent
>chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be
>submitted by December 31, 2004. All submitted chapters will be reviewed
on
>a blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea
Group,
>Inc., publisher of the �Idea Group Publishing�, �Information Science
>Publishing�, and �IRM Press� imprints in 2005.
>
>Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word
document)
>or by mail to:
>Dr. Mila Gasc�-Hern�ndez
>08006 Barcelona (Spain)
>e-mail: [email protected]

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