Call for Chapters - Developing E-Government Projects: Frameworks and Methodologies
Important dates
- Call for Chapter proposals: 1 May 2012
- Chapter proposals due date: 1 June 2012
- Notification of acceptance by: 10 June 2012
- Full chapters due date: 1 Aug 2012
- Chapter reviews feedback by: 15 Oct 2012
- Revised chapters due date: 15 Nov 2012
- Manuscript delivery to publishers: 1 Mar 2013
A book edited by Dr Zaigham Mahmood, University of Derby, UK - To be published by IGI Global
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Chapter Proposal Submission Deadline: 1 June 2012
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Full Chapter Submission Deadline: 1 August 2012
Introduction
E-Government is about harnessing the information revolution to improve the lives of citizens and businesses and to improve the efficiency of government. It aims at a citizen centred vision of a government that provides effective governance, increased transparency, better management, effective processes and efficient services through the use of the Internet and information and communication technologies (ICTs). In this context, world governments are mobilizing large amounts of resources to develop, implement and promote the use of e-government. However, developing e-government projects are huge undertakings that require significant investment of time, money, people and technology resources. There is, therefore, a need for a careful assessment of the e-readiness of the state as well as a careful formulation of a long term strategy and a clear commitment and will on the part of the political leaders. The governments need to have ICT infrastructure, processes and policies as well as training provision for the masses in place, and citizens must be willing to adopt the innovative technologies and approaches. The aim of the proposed book is to present frameworks, methodologies as well as case studies to discuss and understand the approaches being deployed for successful implementation of e-government projects. The secondary objective is to present information for other economies that are in the process of developing e-government strategies.
Aim and Objectives
The aim of the proposed text is to present frameworks and methodologies to understand what courses of actions and best practices would provide successful strategies towards design, implementation and adoption of e-government projects. The objectives are:
- To report the current research and practice with respect to design and implementation of e-government projects
- To advance the understanding and extend the body of knowledge with respect to e-government adoption
- To discuss frameworks, policies and strategies for successful implementation of such projects
- To look into innovative practices and diffusion of innovation approaches for successful adoption
- To discuss the inherent issues, limitations and barriers to e-government development
- To explore the effects of cultural and local factors on successful adoption of e-government
- To share best practices and recommendations based on case studies from successful e-government projects
- To present case studies highlighting practical experiences of those involved in e-government development.
Recommended Topics
Recommended topic areas include, but are not limited to:
- E-government strategies, methodologies and frameworks
- E-government stages, models and approaches
- E-democracy, e-voting, e-participation and e-legislation
- Government-to-government and government-to-business interactions
- Government-to-citizen and business-to-business interactions
- Provision of e-services and e-training of the masses
- Pre-requisites for successful implementation
- ICT infrastructure and training provision for citizens
- E-government project initiation, planning and implementation
- E-government project evaluation metrics
- Success factors and best practices
- Limitations, barriers, challenges and opportunities
- E-readiness factors and pre-conditions
- Strategies for successful adoption by the masses
- Resource, expertise, ethical and legal issues
- Diffusion of Innovation and other relevant theories
- Managing innovation, change and integration
- Experience and comparison reports
- Knowledge management in e-government project
- Case studies
- Other topics relevant to successful implementation and adoption of e-government.
Submission Procedure
Researchers, practitioners and decision makers are invited to submit 1-2 page chapter proposals, by the date mentioned above, clearly explaining the objective and structure of the proposed chapters.
Authors of accepted proposals will be notified within two weeks and given instructions and guidelines for full chapter preparation. Full chapters should be about 10,000 words or around 20 pages in length. Completed chapters will be reviewed following a double-blind peer review process to ensure quality and high information content.
Proposals and full chapters, as WORD files, should be sent to Dr Zaigham Mahmood.
Important dates
- Call for Chapter proposals: 1 May 2012
- Chapter proposals due date: 1 June 2012
- Notification of acceptance by: 10 June 2012
- Full chapters due date: 1 Aug 2012
- Chapter reviews feedback by: 15 Oct 2012
- Revised chapters due date: 15 Nov 2012
- Manuscript delivery to publishers: 1 Mar 2013
Editorial Advisory Board Members
- Nahed Azab, American University in Cairo, Egypt
- Sameh Bedair, Ministry of State for Admin. Development, Egypt
- Walter Castelnovo, Università dell'Insubria, Italy
- Dimitris Christodoulakis, University of Patras, Greece
- Zamira Dzhusupova, UN University Int. Inst. for Software Technology, Center for e-Governance
- Johanna Ekua Awotwi, Centre for e-Governance in Ghana, West Africa
- Kerstin Grundén, West University of Sweden, Sweden
- Magda Huisman, the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
- Omar S. Hujran, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
- Frank Kwaku Ohemeng, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Gianluca Misuraca, Research Centre, European Commission
- Massimo Pollifroni, University of Turin, Italy
- Natasa Pomazalova, University of Defence, Czech Republic
- Luis Enrique Sánchez Crespo, University of Castilla-la Mancha, Spain
- Virgil Stoica, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
- Leonid Stoimenov, University of Nis, Serbia
- Fareeha Zafar, GC University, Lahore. Pakistan
Enquiries
for enquiries, please contact the editor - Dr Zaigham Mahmood.
