[Air-l] Call for Chapters

[Fernando Garrido - Observatorio para la CiberSociedad]

>Submission deadline: May 1, 2005
>
>Information Communication Technologies and Human Development:
>Opportunities and Challenges
>A book edited by
>Mila Gascó-Hernández (International Institute on Governance of
>Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain), Fran Equiza-López (Intermón-Oxfam,
>Barcelona, Spain), and Manuel Acevedo-Ruiz (Independent consultant,
>Madrid, Spain)
>
>Introduction
>Technology has always played a decisive role in humanity progress.
>Throughout history, it  has not only strengthened economic
>development but has become a powerful tool for human development
>from a Senian point of view (that is, human development as the
>capacity of an individual to live the life s/he considers worthy
>living). Nevertheless, the positive impacts technology may have on
>human development may become tainted by the risks it entails. Left
>adrift, the technological tools may become a dangerous and wicked
>instrument. They may give rise to a social exclusion, economic
>inequality, tension and violence growth. That is why it is so
>important to design human development policies in the context of
>the information and knowledge society that promote the use of new
>technologies in the widening of the basic structure of rights and
>opportunities that allow the individuals to exercise their freedom
>to develop those capacities and to fulfill those achievements that
>give sense to their lives.
>
>The Overall Objective of the Book
>This book is aimed at understanding how ICTs can contribute to
>human development in several areas. Therefore, it aspires to
>describe the link between ICTs and human development (which includes
>economic, social and political development), to identify the
>potential applications of ICTs in several areas, and to provide
>insightful analysis about those factors (also contextual and
>institutional ones) that affect ICTs for development initiatives
>success or failure.
>
>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 ICTs can do for the development of their communities. It will
>also provide insights and support to development professionals who
>want to further explore the potential of ICTs for development such
>as headquarters and field offices staff of large development
>organizations, NGOs staff and volunteers or bilateral development
>agencies staff. Finally, it will interest academicians, researchers
>and students interested in the ICTs for development field.
>
>Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following:
>ICTs and education
>ICTs and health
>ICTs and agriculture
>ICTs and commerce
>ICTs and citizen participation
>ICTs and the environment
>ICTs and disasters management
>ICTs and poverty alleviation
>ICTs and gender equality
>ICTs and human rights
>ICTs and international cooperation
>The digital divide
>The conceptual link between ICTs and human development
>
>
>SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
>Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
>May 1, 2005, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the
>mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted
>proposals will be notified by May 15, 2005 about the status of
>their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full
>chapters are expected to be submitted by August 15, 2005. All
>submitted chapters will be reviewed on a blind review basis. The
>book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group, Inc.,
>www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing,
>Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, and
>Idea Group Reference imprints  in 2005.
>
>Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word
>document) or by mail to:
>
>Dr. Mila Gascó-Hernández
>C/ Balmes 335-337, entlo. 1ª
>08006 Barcelona (Spain)
>Tel.: 34-93-2370388        Fax: 34-93-2376026
>e-mail: mila.gasco at iigov.org or mgascoh at uoc.edu
>
>
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