<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Official publication of the
Information Resources Management Association</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/">www.igi-global.com/</a> IJEP</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Editor-in-Chief<b>: </b>Celia
Romm Livermore</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Published: Quarterly (both
in Print and Electronic form)</span></p>
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<p class="htmlbody0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">MISSION OF IJEP:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The primary objective of the
<b>International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</b> is to lay the foundations of
E-Politics as an emerging interdisciplinary area of research and practice, as
well as, to offer a venue for publications that focus on theories and empirical
research on the manifestations of E-Politics in various contexts and
environments. E-Politcs is defined as influence attempts facilitated by or
related to electronic media or to the information technology field. As such, it
is seen as interdisciplinary, encompassing areas such as information systems,
political science, social science (psychology, sociology, and cultural
studies), security, ethics, law, management and others. </span></p>
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<p class="htmlbody0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">RECOMMENDED TOPICS:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Topics to be discussed in
this journal include (but are not limited to) the following:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <b>The politics of the
IT function and its role in organizations</b></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The political activities of members of the IT
function vis-à-vis the rest of the organization</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Changes in the power of the IT unit as a function
of the diffusion of new technologies</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The strategies used by members of the IT unit to
influence others</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The impact of global issues such as outsourcing,
downsizing, political upheavals, etc. on the political role played by the
IT unit within organizations. </span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <b>The politics of
virtual communities </b></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The use of electronic media for industrial
relations and negotiations with employers</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The use of electronic media for surveillance
manipulation and harassment in commercial and non-commercial environments</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The impact of status and authority on
electronically enabled political maneuvering by management and the effects
of culture, race, and gender on political activities within and between
organizations. </span></li></ul>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The political dynamics of geographically based
communities (community informatics)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The political dynamics of virtual communities of
practice, including: learning communities, customers’ communities, eDating
communities, gaming communities, support group communities, social
networking communities, etc. </span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Party politics and social
activism</span></b></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">eVoting and electronically enabled eGovernment</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The role electronic media in political campaigns.
Including their impact on political debate, information sharing, political
decision making, fund raising, etc. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">As electronically enabled party politicking is
becoming a global phenomenon, the utilization of E-Politcs at all levels
of governance, including the city, the state, the country and the global
arenas. </span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <b>SUBMITTING TO IJEP:</b></span></p>
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<p class="htmlbody0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Prospective authors should note that only original and
previously unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST
CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at:</span></p>
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<p class="htmlbody0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines%20submission.pdf">http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines
submission.pdf</a> </span></p>
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<p class="htmlbody0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. All article submissions will be
forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal
for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection
will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must
be forwarded electronically to Celia Romm Livermore at <a href="mailto:ak1667@wayne.edu">ak1667@wayne.edu</a>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><b>PUBLISHER:</b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;">The <b>International Journal of
E-Politics </b>is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher
of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference) and
“Medical Information Science Reference” imprints. For additional information
regarding the publisher, please visit <a href="http://www.igi-pub.com/">www.igi-global.com</a>.
</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All inquiries and
submissions should be directed by e-mail to the attention of:</span></p>
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Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)<br>
Editor-in-Chief<br>
International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)<br>
School of Business Administration<br>
Wayne State University<br>
Detroit, MI, 48202, USA<br>
E-mail address: <a href="mailto:ak1667@wayne.edu">ak1667@wayne.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/IJEP">www.igi-global.com/IJEP</a></span></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Editor-in-Chief</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">School of Business Administration</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">
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