[Lac] Call for Chapters: Latin America Online

[Robert Guerra]

Me imagino que esto será de interés para los del caucus LAC...



Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:52:47 +0100 (CET)
From: <mgasco at iigov.org>
To: <politicas-tic-lac at listas.ecuanex.net.ec
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 Gascó-Hernández, 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 companiesí 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 
countryís 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 ìIdea Group Publishingî, ìInformation Science 
Publishingî, and ìIRM Pressî imprints in 2005.

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word 
document) or by mail to: Dr. Mila Gascó-Hernández 08006 Barcelona 
(Spain) e-mail: mgascoh at uoc.edu