[AISWorld] CfP: "Beyond Bureaucracy" IJPADA Special Issue and Workshop due to August 10, 2015

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********************* CALL FOR PAPERS *********************

SPECIAL ISSUE SUBMISSION DUE DATE: August 10, 2015

WORKSHOP SUBMISSION DUE DATE: April 15, 2015 (Vienna, Austria, June 5-7,
2015)

SPECIAL ISSUE ON Beyond Bureaucracy

International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)

Guest Editors: Alois A. Paulin and Leonidas G. Anthopoulos

More Information: 

http://de.teilar.gr/story/en-US/528/Special_Issue_and_Workshop_on___BEYOND_B
UREAUCRACY.html and http://research.apaulin.com/bb15 

or 

http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers-special/international-journal-pub
lic-administration-digital/70583 

INTRODUCTION:

Can we ... ?

... govern without bureaus? Can we go beyond what human kind had so far in
terms of governing societies - go beyond electing representatives every
couple of years, who then steer the vast bureaucratic machinery which we
perceive as "the state"? Can we use ICTs to enable humanity to fundamentally
restructure the government of the public domain?

Think about it for a while: we're the first generation in human
civilization, which has available a ripe set of ICTs. Never ever in human
history before we could interact in a way we can do nowadays. Besides: ICTs
have reached a level of maturity and penetration in the last ten years,
which enables us to go truly beyond approaches we have seen so far.

In the last few decades we have seen radical transformation in
telecommunications, in transport, logistics, credit transfer, navigation,
etc., etc. But we haven't yet seen transformation in the government of
public matters. Well, sure, we saw things like online tax returns, e-voting,
open data. But, let's be frank - that's only using ICTs to imitate old
principles of government, it's not reaching beyond bureaus!

OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:

This issue will contain at a proportion of 50%-75% the best papers received
and presented in the corresponding "Beyond Bureaucracy" workshop
(http://research.apaulin.com/bb15/), but it also invites independent
articles, which will not be presented in this event (the remaining
proportion).

This issue aims to present path-breaking visions, arguments and experiments
towards self-managed government / community self-management enabled by the
possibilities of the digital age. More specifically, it aims to answer the
following questions:

.             Can dislocated (potentially very large) groups of people make
decisions about common assets or common matters, which do not need to be
interpreted by institutions? 

.             Is it unavoidable to delegate decision-making to institutions
(like parliaments, government agencies, ...)?

.             How can a society self-organize its common budget (taxes
etc.)? 

.             Are institutions to collect, govern, and redistribute public
assets absolutely necessary or can exaction be done self-organized?

.             Can core public-domain institutions be realized without
central institutions? 

.             How can a society dynamically self-organize its public sector
institutions / projects / programmes and bind them directly to collaborative
decision making?

.             What are the challenges of the electronic identity? How can we
overcome them to reach a system that will provide sustainable global
identification for centuries to come?

.             Increased computerization of societal interactions comes with
significant computing challenges. Can these be sufficiently addressed with
classical computing approaches?

.             What would be the architecture and organization of such a
government?

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:

.             Sustainable, Non-Bureaucratic Government

.             E-government, open government and future government

.             Liquid Democratic Collaborative Decision-Making

.             Mass Online Deliberation

.             Crowd sourcing

.             Participatory Budgeting

.             Self-Organized Virtual Communities

.             Peer Production

.             Virtual Communities

.             Peer-to-Peer Credit Transfer, Virtual Currencies

.             Sustainable e-Identity

.             Sustainable Technology

.             Historical Lessons of Self-Organization

.             Pro/Contra discussions on above topics

.             Technologies that enable above topics

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special
theme issue on Reaching Beyond Bureaus: Perspectives and Challenges of
Sustainable, Non-Bureaucratic Government on or before Aug. 10, 2015.

All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another
publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL'S GUIDELINES FOR
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf. All
submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis.
Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

All submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:

Alois A. Paulin

Guest Editor

International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)

E-mail: apaulin at caa.tuwien.ac.at <mailto:apaulin at caa.tuwien.ac.at>  

Leonidas G. Anthopoulos

Guest Editor

International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)

E-mail: lanthopo at teilar.gr <mailto:lanthopo at teilar.gr> 

ABOUT International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age
(IJPADA):

Description

The International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age
(IJPADA) is an international journal that examines the impact of public
administration and information technology (IT) in developed and developing
countries. Original research papers published in IJPADA focus on the impact
of new and innovative technologies on improving public service delivery in
public and nonprofit organizations. This journal will also provide case
studies examining technology innovations in specific countries. The editor
invites author(s) to submit original research papers that examine important
issues in public administration and information technology.

Mission

The mission of the International Journal of Public Administration in the
Digital Age (IJPADA) is to examine the impact of information technology (IT)
on public and nonprofit organizations. Through its mission IJPADA examines
the impact of IT on reforming and changing public and nonprofit
organizations. This journal compares the adoption of IT in public and
nonprofit organizations in developed and developing countries. IJPADA will
examine emerging and innovative technologies and their adoption in public
and nonprofit organizations. This journal also examines differences in the
adoption of IT in private and public sector organizations.

Topics Covered

Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the
following:

.             Administrative law and IT

.             Digital divide

.             E-Governance

.             E-Government

.             Emergency management and IT

.             Emerging technologies in the public sector

.             Environment policy and IT

.             Internet and public administration

.             Leadership and IT

.             Mobile technology and government

.             Nonprofit fundraising and IT

.             Nonprofit management and IT

.             Political institutions and processes and IT adoption

.             Public budgeting and finance and IT

.             Public human resource management and information systems

.             Public management and IT  

.             Public policy and IT

.             Public sector organizational change and IT

.             Urban management/planning and IT

This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources
Management Association http://www.igi-global.com/IJPADA 

Editor-in-Chief: Christopher G. Reddick

Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)

PUBLISHER:

The International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age
(IJPADA) is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of
the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference),
"Medical Information Science Reference", "Business Science Reference", and
"Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information
regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com
<http://www.igi-global.com> . 

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