IJPADA 2013 - Special Issue On: Fiscal Crisis, IT, and Government Reform

Special Issue On: Fiscal Crisis, IT, and Government Reform
Submission Due Date
1/31/2013
Guest Editors
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar
Introduction
This special issue will examine the scope of public administration and information technology, examining the influence of IT implementations on fiscal crisis in public administrations. Scholars and practitioners are invited to submit original research that broadly addresses important issues and innovations in the field of government reform, fiscal crisis and information technology.
Objective
The objective of this special issue is to examine the impact of IT on reforming governments to face financial crisis. The research question is: Can e-government help policy makers to respond to the fiscal crisis?. Papers may discuss the adoption of IT in governments in either developed or developing countries to face fiscal crisis. Papers in this special issue may also examine differences in fiscal crisis between public administrations that have implemented IT and those that have not.
Recommended Topics
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
E-participation in a fiscal crisis scenario
E-Services under fiscal crisis scenario
Fiscal crisis and IT
Implementing IT in governments as a new model of public sector control
Internet and public administration
IT and Government Reform to face fiscal crisis
New ways of collaboration in the public sector with IT implementation
Political institutions and processes and IT adoption
Public Administration use of Web 2.0 to face fiscal crisis
Public management and IT
Public policies on IT for facing fiscal crisis
Public sector organizational change and IT in a fiscal crisis scenario
The fiscal crisis as an incentive for implementing IT in governments
Transparency, IT, and Fiscal Crisis
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a 2-3 page paper proposal for this special issue on Fiscal Crisis, IT, and Government Reform on or before January 31, 2013. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified about the status of their proposal by February 28, 2013. 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/guide.... Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, University of Granada, Spain
Associate Editor
E-mail: manuelp-AT-ugr.es