Editors: Jonathan Bishop and Ashu M. G. Solo
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC (Springer)
Publisher Web Site: http://springer.com
Web Site for Call for Chapter Proposals: http://polnetics.com
Email Address for Submissions: submissions@polnetics.com
Email Address for Inquiries: jonathan.bishop@polnetics.com
Book Purpose
Technology and particularly the Internet have brought about many changes
in the realm of politics. Recent revolutions in many countries in the
Middle East and North Africa have started in large part due to social
networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social networking has
also played a role in protests and riots in numerous countries. The
whistleblower Web site Wikileaks has had a tremendous impact in exposing
government corruption. Politicians and candidates use their own Web
sites and social networking profiles to get their message out. The
mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on political commentary as
anybody can set up a blog or post an article or video online. Political
activists can network together online. Voting is often done using
electronic voting machines, which has created many problems. In the
future, voting will likely be done over the Internet, but there are many
issues that need to be worked out. Internet freedom and equal access
are important issues that have many facets. The Internet offers the
means for greater citizen input in government political processes.
These kinds of issues will be studied in the research book Politics in
the Information Age being edited by A. M. G. Solo and J. Bishop.
Chapter Proposal Submissions
Please email chapter proposals to submissions@polnetics.com by January
31, 2012. A short abstract is sufficient for the chapter proposal.
Potential Topics
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Political Revolutions, Political Protests, and Other Citizen Activism in
the Information Age
— role of social networking in political revolutions
— role of social networking in political revolutions in the Middle East
and North Africa
— role of social networking in political protests
— online petitions
— electronic civil disobedience
— hacktivism
— role of social networking in political riots in the United Kingdom
— case studies
— future research directions
Other Political Expression in the Information Age
— political blogs
— online political videos
— political vlogs
— parliamentary informatics
— case studies
— future research directions
Whistleblowing in the Information Age
— Wikileaks
— whistleblower Web sites
— transparency
— advantages and disadvantages of transparency
— whistleblowing
— whistleblower protection
— whistleblower prosecution
— whistleblower persecution
— lawsuits against whistleblowers
— case studies
— future research directions
Internet Freedom
— information freedom
— global access to information
— equal access to information
— government restriction on access to Web sites
— freedom to connect on the Internet
— freedom to organize on the Internet
— net neutrality
— privacy issues in the information age
— right to privacy on the Internet
— citizen surveillance on the Internet
— warrantless wiretapping
— freedom of expression in the information age
— free speech in the information age
— Internet censorship
— super-injunctions
— freedom of religion on the Internet
— netizen rights
— domain name seizures without due process
— disability accommodation in technology usage
— Internet access in prisons
— digital divide
— case studies
— future research directions
Political Campaigns in the Information Age
— online campaigning
— online campaigning using social networking
— online campaigning using multimedia tools
— political activism on the Internet
— political debates on the Internet
— virtual town hall
— case studies
— future research directions
Voting in the Information Age
— e-voting
— remote e-voting over Internet
— e-voting advantages and risks
— electronic voting theft
— stolen elections through e-voting
— electronic instant runoff voting (IRV)
— open voting systems
— case studies
— future research directions
Government Political Processes in the Information Age
— e-democracy
— digital democracy
— collaborative e-democracy
— e-participation
— open-source governance
— open politics
— electronic rulemaking
— interactive public docket
— open government
— hacking into government computers
— case studies
— future research directions
Tentative Extended Deadlines
Chapter proposal deadline: January 31, 2012
Full chapter deadline: April 30, 2012
Chapter review deadline: June 30, 2012
Chapter revisions deadline: August 31, 2012
Editors
Jonathan Bishop
Chartered IT Professional Fellow of BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT
Fellow of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and
Commerce
Town Councillor for Treforest, Wales
Director of Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning
Systems (Crocels), Swansea University
Company Secretary at Glamorgan Blended Learning Ltd.
Mailing Address: Centre for Research into Online Communities and
E-Learning Systems, ILS Building, Swansea University, Singleton Park,
Swansea SA2 8PP Wales, U.K.
Ashu M. G. Solo
Fellow of British Computer Society
Principal/Interdisciplinary R&D Engineer and Mathematician at Maverick
Technologies America Inc.
Director/Interdisciplinary Researcher at Solo Research Lab, Crocels,
Swansea University and Maverick Technologies America Inc.
Principal/Intelligent Systems and Math Instructor at Trailblazer
Intelligent Systems, Inc.
City Committee Representative in 2012 on Saskatoon Cultural Diversity
and Race Relations Committee
Former Platoon Commander Understudy in Cdn. Army Reserve Infantry
Mailing Address: Maverick Technologies America Inc., Suite 808, 1220
North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 U.S.A.